Very interesting article indeed. On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote:
> http://blog.pgp.com/index.php/2009/12/will-facebook-kill-email/ > > > > I laughed “hahah no way” at the title, but then I read this line: “I have > to admit I didn’t see his point until I read a headline recently indicating > that 92% of global email traffic is now spam. The fact that most email is > junk isn’t news as the percent of measured spam has been hovering around 90% > for quite some time. The fact that spam has dominated the email landscape > for so long is helping to drive some interesting user behaviors, however. > We’re starting to see reports that some users (mostly young) are giving up > email entirely in favor of social media. While I think many email users will > have problems doing this, it makes a certain amount of sense..” > > > > At my IT Garage clients SPAM hovers around 95-96% and if you think about > it, using social networking messaging is very much like having a “deny all > except specifically whitelisted senders”. > > > > Thoughts and comments welcome! > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Keller, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
