Are Spammers Giving Up?

sfjoe writes: Are spammers giving up the game? Google seems to think so. In an article at Wired, Google, "..says that spam attempts, as a percentage of e-mail that's transmitted through its Gmail system, have waned over the last year". They think their own filters are so good that spammers aren't even trying anymore. Personally, I haven't seen a reduction in spam traffic. Maybe Google's filters are just better than mine (likely).