capoccia's Journal: January Spam Report

The spam level for January is roughly unchanged from December. December was a month in decline, and January saw a sharp rebound. This is after Congress passed the extremely ineffective CAN-SPAM Act. The name of the act is an acronym for Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing. It is a misguided attempt at spam-control by well-meaning politicians.

I have continued to file reports for every spam recieved with SpamCop, the FTC and the Internet Fraud Complaint Center.

I recieved a total of 259 spams in January. This compares to 270 in December and 356 in November. Overall, spam continues to be in decline at the rate of 1.4 spams per week. Spam levels have dropped significantly in February, so these statistics should improve.

Spam Quantity by Day of Week
Language of Spam
Daily Spam Quantity
Historical Weekly Spam Quantity

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