According to a study on e-mail usage by IDC, nearly 97 billion e-mails will be sent each day worldwide this year, and more than half of those will be spam messages. This is the first year that spam e-mail volumes are expected to exceed person-to-person e-mail volumes sent worldwide, IDC says.
The reason? The study says those pesky image-based spam messages (I know I got about 14 this morning) are really good at getting past spam filters, as are sender-identity spoofers.
The solution? "Deploy multiple layers of commercial antispam software, appliances, and services that are regularly updated to increase effectiveness over time."
Get tips on reducing spam's effect on your inboxes in the "Internet" section of NFIB.com's Business Toolbox.
