The term spam has its origins from the old (1972) English comic sketch group Monty Python Flying Circus, in which visitors Bistro, trying to make an order, forced to listen to the choir Vikings, praised canned meat (spam). Go to the restaurant, all meals consist of the contents of canned food.

Most spam today is sent from the territory of countries in Asia and in 2004 more than 50% of all spam in the world sent residents of North America

According to Kaspersky Labs, in March 2006, the proportion of spam e-mail traffic in general has fluctuated in the averages - 74-77%. This is slightly higher than in February. At the end of each week (Friday - Saturday) there were minor outbreaks of the number of spam in the mid-month, reaching 81-84%.

How to avoid spam mailings?

Try not to leave their email addresses for different kinds of servers questionable content.

Do not send to the spammer heap of garbage. You may have incorrectly identified where, in fact, came spam, and affected people without any relation to the spammer.

Never respond to messages spammers - thus you give them to know that your address actually exists and there delivered mail is read by the owner. If, in their letter states that you can exclude themselves from the list by sending to a specific address, click "remove" - in most cases it is a lie. Following this advice, you will only confirm the possibility of using your address for future mailings.