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Spam accounted for 77% of all e-mail traffic in 2004

97% of unsolicited e-mail sent in 2004 violated the Can-Spam law, according to MX Logic. Spam made up 77% of e-mail traffic as a whole over 2004.
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97% of unsolicited e-mail sent in 2004 violated the Can-Spam law, according to MX Logic. Spam made up 77% of e-mail traffic as a whole over 2004. Another researcher, Postini estimates that legitimate e-mail plummeted to 12% from 22% of e-mail traffic in 2004.

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