Combatting Email Spam: Strategies for Managing SMTP Traffic

The spam situation is rapidly deteriorating. The percentage of inbound SMTP traffic classified as spam can be as high as 40 percent for some organizations. With no end in sight to rising spam volume, Meta Group believes companies must be . . . The spam situation is rapidly deteriorating. The percentage of inbound SMTP traffic classified as spam can be as high as 40 percent for some organizations. With no end in sight to rising spam volume, Meta Group believes companies must be as aggressive in combating spam as they are in combating mail-borne viruses.

The number-one headache for mail managers in 2002 has been spam. Mail managers are bombarded with complaints from end users frustrated with the volume and increasingly salacious content of spam. The spam tide is stronger due to a few basic developments:

Spam blocking works, so spammers must send out even more messages to get the same results.

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