Everyone with an e-mail account knows what spam looks like. But where does it all come from, and where does it go?
One thing is certain—there is a lot of it.
According to MessageLabs, the percentage of worldwide e-mail traffic that is spam has been falling over the past few years, dropping from 86.2% in 2006 to 81.2% in 2008.
Source: eMarketer, June 2, 2009
