To: WSFAlist at WSFA.org Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:37:00 -0400 Subject: [WSFA] a tidal wave of spam From: ronkean at juno.com Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/05/technology/circuits/05filt.html Excerpt: Three billion messages a day arrive at the computers that run Hotmail, a Microsoft service with 170 million subscribers. The service blocks 2.7 billion of those messages, said George Webb, business manager for Microsoft's anti-spam technology and strategy group. Of the 300 million messages that make it to people's in-boxes, Mr. Webb said, he does not know what percentage is spam.