the end of spam?

[gustavolacerda]

To my big surprise, the spam problem seems to be getting better, and it's not due to better spam filters or captchas, but rather to crackdowns on botnets. I do remember that it used to be worse.

Researcher: The End of Spam Is Closer Than You Think, July 2012

The End of Spam?, Jan 2011

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[random_walker]

of course, the proliferation of mail filters, along with a maturing audience and the shift to subscribed web services (facebook, &c.), means that there is also much less financial incentive to build out a new generation of botnets…

[jcreed]

I feel, however, like I've been lately getting a lot more mail that isn't spam, but isn't meant for me, either. The email analogue of honest "wrong numbers" on the telephone.