July Spam Captures Exceed All Of 2002
from the ouch dept
More evidence of just how bad the spam problem is. An admittedly biased MessageLabs claims that they've captured more spam in the month of July than they did in all of 2002 (and, I'll note that we still have a few hours left in July). Also, this might be a bit misleading, since I'm sure MessageLabs filters a larger amount of email these days than it did last year. However, it's pretty clear that the amount of spam is growing at a pretty quick clip.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
I'm seeing the same thing
See the graph which is updated every morning.
[ link to this | view in thread ]
No Subject Given
[ link to this | view in thread ]
No Subject Given
My main email account however (which I don't give out to anyone except friends and family and a few choice people) has gotten more and more spam in the last 6 months...from maybe 1-2 a day to 10-20 a day. So far my filters are holding up but just barely.
[ link to this | view in thread ]