Alec Saunders SquawkBox

It was widely reported last week that the global email network is being overwhelmed by a surge in spam.  Spam levels have moved from 2.5 billion messages per month last June to 7 billion in November.  Spam apparently accounts for 9 out of every 10 email messages sent globally. 

I hate to be a pessimist.  It’s going to get much worse yet before it gets better.

A data point?  Prior to the passage of Do Not Call legislation in the United States, Gryphon Networks reported that telemarketing had reached an all-time high level of 19.2 billion calls per month. That’s a couple of calls per day, per American.  That’s what it took to get Congress to act.  

We’re a long way from that level with email spam.  A long way.