Nearly 95 Percent of E-mail is Spam

December 17, 2007

Spam e-mail accounted for 90 to 95 percent of all e-mail in 2007, according to the annual report out Wednesday by Barracuda Networks. This is up from an estimated five percent of e-mail in 2001. The report also found that the majority of business professionals view spam e-mail as the worst form of junk advertising -- worse than postal junk mail and telemarketing calls. Spammers also increased the usage of attachments, such as PDF files and other file formats in 2007.

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