Comments on: 94% of all email is spam http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/94-of-all-email-is-spam News, tips and updates from the GetSafeOnline.org team Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The PrivacyHarbor Blog http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/94-of-all-email-is-spam/comment-page-1#comment-446911 The PrivacyHarbor Blog Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:06:36 +0000 http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/94-of-all-email-is-spam#comment-446911 [...] the ways hackers dupe new email users and propagate spam to the point where spam now accounts for 94% of all emails [...] [...] the ways hackers dupe new email users and propagate spam to the point where spam now accounts for 94% of all emails [...]

]]> By: maythil http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/94-of-all-email-is-spam/comment-page-1#comment-402137 maythil Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:01:29 +0000 http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/94-of-all-email-is-spam#comment-402137 Ironically, i reached this page from msn.com which really has no efficient means to stop spamming. To the statistics, I will add one more obeservation. Almost all the spam letters at my msn address are about viagra. and gmail is the single biggest source of spamming, thanks to the spamming epidemics kickstarted by google's group mailing through 'orkut'. Ironically, i reached this page from msn.com which really has no efficient means to stop spamming. To the statistics, I will add one more obeservation. Almost all the spam letters at my msn address are about viagra. and gmail is the single biggest source of spamming, thanks to the spamming epidemics kickstarted by google’s group mailing through ‘orkut’.

]]> By: MJ Ray http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/94-of-all-email-is-spam/comment-page-1#comment-401084 MJ Ray Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:14:21 +0000 http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/94-of-all-email-is-spam#comment-401084 The guide doesn't mention whitelisting - filtering known email addresses into a high-priority inbox - which is a key tactic keeping email useful despite spam. I feel that the guide should probably also mention that it's better for UK people to use UK-hosted (or at least EU-hosted) email because they're more easily reachable under our laws. Also, the large webmail services like hotmail are targets for spam-harvesters (I know people who have opened a hotmail account, not published the address anywhere, yet still started getting spam). Finally, Yahoo!s anti-spam tactics are harmful to other mailservers, as I've mentioned on our website in the past. The guide doesn’t mention whitelisting – filtering known email addresses into a high-priority inbox – which is a key tactic keeping email useful despite spam.

I feel that the guide should probably also mention that it’s better for UK people to use UK-hosted (or at least EU-hosted) email because they’re more easily reachable under our laws. Also, the large webmail services like hotmail are targets for spam-harvesters (I know people who have opened a hotmail account, not published the address anywhere, yet still started getting spam).

Finally, Yahoo!s anti-spam tactics are harmful to other mailservers, as I’ve mentioned on our website in the past.

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