Too much spam

How much is too much spam?

1971 The first e-mail was sent by a computer engineer
50 billion Number of e-mails sent every day
45 billion Number of e-mails from spammers (that means 90% of e-mail is spam)
$50 billion The cost in lost productivity and expenses to fight spam in 2006

Source: The Times Online

Here's an interest tidbet about the term spam. According to an Internet legend, spam gets its name from the well-known Monty Python sketch set in a café where every dish comes with the tinned-meat product Spam! A spam e-mail message is defined as being both unsolicited and bulk.