The analysis, of more than 500 million junk messages, revealed those letters that get more junk than average. Letter attack The analysis was carried out by University of Cambridge computer scientist Dr Richard Clayton, in a bid to understand the widely noted discrepancies in the amounts of junk mail or spam that different people receive. Looking at the mix of messages landing in inboxes, Dr Clayton found a wide... [read full story]
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More than 550 million junk emails were analysed and it turns out that addresses starting with A, M and S get by far the most spam. In fact, 40% of messages going to those addresses were spam, contrasting with just 20%...
The analysis, of more than 500 million junk messages, revealed those letters that get more junk than average. Letter attack The analysis was carried out by University of Cambridge computer scientist Dr Richard Clayton, in...
