The War on Spam

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This report exams the current situation of spam in Australia by looking at the major issues surrounding spam. It then evaluates whether it is possible to stop spam altogether in the foreseeable future. The writers looks at why spam is still on the rise and what are current efforts to fight spam.

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"Almost every Internet user who uses email would have encountered spam, and for some users, it has almost become an automatic daily ritual to press the delete key upon receiving offers of cheap Viagra pills or low mortgage rates (Swartz 2003). Symantec Brightmail, a spam filtering software company, estimates that 60% of all Internet email traffic is spam (Symantec Brightmail cited in Sipior, Ward and Bonner 2004). This translates to approximately 76 billion messages, requiring nearly 10 petabytes of storage. Confronted with such staggering statistics, businesses, consumers and governments around the world have been fighting to stop spam, whether it is by creating anti-spam legislations, using anti-spam technology or educating the public. In Australia, the fight by the government to seriously control and regulate spam started in 2003 with the passing of the Spam Act 2003 (ACT). Technologically, anti-spam software or filters have been making great advances (Burton, Mogull, Allan, Hallawell 2004). Public education campaigns have been organized to raise public awareness to the danger of responding to spam"

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