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Thursday, December 26, 2002
Experts say spam clogs Internet's potential - Frank James, Chicago Tribune
A rising flood of irritating junk e-mails touting everything from get-rich-quick schemes to raunchy pornography, ink-jet cartridges and weight-loss drugs threatens to keep the Internet from reaching its full potential as a method of communication, experts say.,,, "In September of 2001, we measured that 8 percent of all Internet e-mail was spam," said Linda Smith Munyan, a spokeswoman for Brightmail Inc., which provides companies with spam-blocking software. "For this year, it was 40 percent."
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