Despite some recent victories in the struggle against spam, like the takedowns of McColo and PriceWert micro-analysis of spam trends confirms the continuing surge of spam. The overall trend over the last 12 months in spam volume is still headed up. This upward trend continues despite a year-long decline in the trend from April 2008 to April 2009, a trend Google also noted.
May 2009 saw a doubling of the spam received which moved the trend line up. The amount of spam in June 2008 fell back within the expected range, which coaxed the trend higher. If the amount of SPAM received in July 2009 stays at the average projected levels, the trend will continue to climb, which Google describes as “the recent upward trajectory of spam ”
These results are based on spam statistics from my business email account. The practice of safer emailing, which includes the judicious use of email filters, anti-malware software on the desktop a hosted email server and Gmail helps keep spam under control. Whenever I conduct business with an unknown entity, they always get a GMail address until I know it is safe to transact business with them.
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