More than 95% of e-mail is 'junk'
by Volker Weber
Analysis of the contents of millions of e-mails has revealed that less than 4% is legitimate traffic. Further work has shown that most of this junk mail is originating on hijacked home computers.
Bill, you wanted a computer on every desk. You delivered a security hole in every desk.
Comments
We filter out 90% of all email as SPAM. M$ could also assist with the problem by blocking all the garbage that emanates from the Hotmail and MSN networks...
Dennis Ellison, 2006-07-27