SPAM Sets New Record

Anti-spam solution provider OnlyMyEmail.com reports another all-time high in spam emails sent to their clients.

(PRWEB) September 20, 2004

Setting another record since the CAN-SPAM act went into effect last January, OnlyMyEmail blocked 83% of incoming email last week as being unsolicited commercial spam. On top of this record-setting rate, this calculation does not include messages stopped by client’s personalized “block” lists within the OnlyMyEmail system.

In addition, another 1.4% of emails sent to clients in the same time period were viruses and prevented from being delivered as well.

The highest days for spam as a percentage of all email include both Saturday and Sunday, with spam rates typically exceeding 90% as a result of the reduction in legitimate business email during the weekend. On a volume basis, spammers are most active on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Remarkably, while earlier in the year several days of each week would drop down to lower spam rates in the mid to high 70% range this is no longer the case. In this last record-setting week, not a single day contained less than 80% spam in the incoming delivery stream.

While OnlyMyEmail’s clients are more likely to receive a somewhat higher percentage of spam emails, the trend of escalating spam clearly continues despite both legislation and ongoing legal actions against known spammers.

About OnlyMyEmail.com

OnlyMyEmail is a anti-spam service that does not require installation or maintenance of software on client’s systems and offers solutions for individuals, enterprises and Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

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