Aloha and Welcome to Today’s WOW Technology Minute
Spam is out of control.
Commtouch Software of Israel, can proove it. They have recently analyzed more than 2 billion messages and determined the global average spam level for the month of February was 58.2%.That’s almost 2 out of every 3 emails. Hey congress, where’s the Do Not Spam list already?
The consumer situation however is far worse: 71.5% of the emails received by the average consumer is spam.
Of particular interest is the fact that the situation differs significantly between users in various regions. It appears that spam is most rampant in the United States and Russia, where about 75% of email traffic consists of spam. France and Hungary are the countries with the smallest volume of spam — only 26% of total email traffic.
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From Aloha Workshops on the Big Island of Hawaii, this is Brent Norris for The World Organization of Webmasters and The WOW Technology Minute.