SPAM
Austin, Minnesota, 1937 Hormel Company introduces spicy ham in a 12 ounce can. SPAM is born! If you want to know more about this SPAM, including recipes, go to www.spam.com .
September 1987 Monty Python does the Spam skit. A customer in a cafe can only order breakfast with Spam. If you want to read or hear the skit go to http://www.detritus.org/spam/skit.html .
Spam as we mean it in this context is: Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail.
The following is taken from: PC Magazine 2/25/3.
In 2001 8% of all email is unsolicited and unwanted, this year it will be 40%! 76 billion spam emails will be sent worldwide this year! Adult-oriented spam has doubled over the past year to 8% of all email messages. 16% of personal email address changes are motivated by the desire to avoid spam. The average user received 2200 spam messages in 2002, this will increase by 63% by 2007.
Spammers have many ways of getting your email address. Here are the most prevalent.
Here are some spam blocking products and their ratings:
| NAME | RATING* | COST | AVAILABILITY |
| Junk Spy 2.02 | 2 | $59 | www.junkspy.com |
| Mail Washer 2.0.18 (beta) | 3 | $20 | www.mailwasher.net |
| Matador 1.0.0.89 | 2 | $29.95 | www.mailfrontier.com |
| Norton Internet Security 2003 | 2 | $69.95 | www.symantec.com |
| Spam Assassin Pro 2003** | 3 | $29.95 | www.deersoft.com |
| Spam Butcher 1.3b | 1 | $29.95 | www.mailshell.com/spamcatcher |
| Spam Killer | 3 | $39.95 | www.spamkiller.com |
| Spam Net 1.0 Beta 7c | 2 | free in beta | www.cloudmark.com/products/spamnet |
| Spam Catcher 2.1h | 3 | $19.95 | www.mailshell.com/spamcatcher |
| MAC OS X Mail 10.2*** | 4 | $129 | www.apple.com/macosx |
* Ratings: 1 Poor, 2 Fair, 3 Good, 4 Very Good, 5 Excellent
** Editors Choice
*** MAC only
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