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More than 95% of e-mail is junk, be it spam, error messages or viruses, report mail monitoring firms. Analysis of the contents of millions of e-mails has revealed that less than 4% is legitimate traffic.
Yup, my inbox would bear that out and I am sure yours does too.
However, this BBC report, quoting Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, says “Perhaps the reality is that the statistics can’t be reduced any further unless US home users take action to secure their computers and put a halt to the zombie PC problem.”
Two things come to my mind when I read that. One, maybe it’s time computer users were brought to account, if they fail to learn and operate the basics of protection? Two, if 99% of the spam is NOT coming from designated email service providers - they seem to be able to identify that 1% of net addresses could be regarded as legitimate sources of mail - are those being given clear passage?
It does not seem so, as we are all still concerned about our diminishing delivery rates when using these legitimate services, therefore, it kinda proves that spam filtering is not spam filtering at all. It is merely a means for those who control the gateways to make money.
Sponzurz
