Re: Why Spam is a problem

["Gary E. Miller" <gem at rellim.com>]

Yo Bill!

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Bill Cunningham wrote:

> Is an annualized rate of 55,000 spams a year, sustainable for a year?

Every table and graph I have seen has shown exponential growth.  My own
logs show exponential growth.  However bad it may actually be for you
or me it will be much worse later this year.

Only one thing may slow the growth.  I find a lot of customers no longer using
email at all.  This trend is accelerating.  People have moved over to the
instant messaging world where spam seems to be more under control.

Just like a virus may kill itslef by killing the host, the spammers may
limit their business by killing off email users.

RGDS
GARY
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