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Spam better known as junk mail is spreading across systems
like an epidemic slowing down networks and clogging inboxes.
Spam is basically unsolicited bulk email sent to promote or
sell products or services. These mass unsolicited emails are
now frustrating a lot of internet users.
Spam has accounted between 30 to 50 per cent of the overall
email traffic in the United States alone. This has led many
companies into spending additional time and money in finding
solutions to take care of Spam. Spam runs a bad taste among
users as it clogs servers and desktops, consumes computing
resources, disrupts productivity and is some times obscene
too.
It is estimated that spam will cost the U.S. organisations
more than $10 billion in 2003. Spammers generally find their
mailing lists by email addresses posted on the internet, through
trading lists or by guessing addresses.
There are a couple of companies that specialise in providing
protection against Spam, offering some respite to tortured
users. Symantec Singapore, are one of the world leaders in
internet security. They provide a wide range of content, network
security and email filtering software which help block or
blacklist Spam completely.
For more info on Spam and Spam prevention visit
www.symantec.com
E-mail custserv.india@symantec.com
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