Information Research Weblog

I imagine that pretty well everyone gets more rubbish in their e-mail than they would like - but exactly how much?

Well, a study reported in the Washington Post:

Roughly 40 percent of all e-mail traffic in the United States is spam, up from 8 percent in late 2001 and nearly doubling in the past six months, according to Brightmail Inc., a major vendor of anti-spam software. By the end of this year, industry experts predict, fully half of all e-mail will be unsolicited. (About 40 percent of U.S. Postal Service mail is business marketing.)

I guess that a significant proportion of this is from those idiots in Nigeria - I must get about six messages a day that simply go straight into the waste bin. In fact, I'm thinking of using the word 'Nigeria' to filter the rubbish before it hits my screen.

However, some people have fun with the Nigerian mob - if you enjoy a laugh towards the end of the week, take a look at Scam-O-Ramo and follow some of the links. Enjoy the tale of Captain Stabbin on the high seas.