Spam could outnumber legitimate email this year
This should come as no surprise to anyone who keeps an eye on the number of emails collecting in your spam filter: a study from IDC shows that spam emails are on the rise. In fact, the report suggests 2007 will be the first year that more spam messages are sent than actual human-to-human emails.That's not just because spam is on the rise, though. It's also because many people are using instant messaging and VoIP clients the same way they used email a few years ago. So as real-time communication goes up, the number of personal emails sent goes down. And the spammers win.
Of course, spam filters are a lot better than they used to be, so really what this means is that nefarious companies will continue to send messages that nobody will read this year.
