On The Spam Scourge

By now email has become an indispensable means of communication for mankind. However, during the past few years, it has been hijacked by spam. A resounding majority of email users are very much annoyed by their daily struggle with spam. They are forced to glance through a large number of unwanted, misleading, or offensive emails from out of nowhere; they have to purge from the inbox and deleted box somewhere between 50 to 80 percent of their incoming emails every day; and they often mistakenly purge some important emails. The cost of spam is borne mostly by individuals, and corporations that end up transmitting and receiving spam. It includes the cost of computers, disk storage, and networking equipment, as well as all the time the receivers waste.