90% of email estimated to be spam

San Carlos (CA) - Despite rampant attempts to squash spammers, a new report from Internet messaging company Postini claims that 9 out of every 10 e-mails is junk.

Postini, founded in 1999 as a cyber messaging security company, found that the holiday swing, combined with increasing knowledge among hackers about how to send bulk messages, is at the root of the spamming explosion.

Mark Raby
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Mark Raby is a freelance writer for Tom's Hardware, covering a wide range of topics, from video game reviews to detailed analyses of computer processors.

  • boonality
    www.trustedsource.org SPAM information that's available to everyone. The fact that over 90% of all email is SPAM has been a known fact for years.
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