US tops league of e-mail spammers

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From: Claudio Gutierrez <gutierrezclaudio@xxxxxxxx>
Date: August 24, 2004 9:29:11 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: US tops league of e-mail spammers


Almost 43% of all unwanted e-mails originated from the US in the last  
month, said anti-virus firm Sophos.

The report suggests that anti-spam laws passed in the US nine months  
ago have had little impact.

South Korea, the most broadband-connected country in the world, was  
next in line, firing out 15% of all junk e-mails.

"Almost nine months on from the Can-Spam legislation and the US's  
attempt to clean up its act appears to have had little impact," Graham  
Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos said.

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