According to the online security firm IronPort Systems, 62 billion spam messages a day clogged US e-mail systems in October–twice the volume of the previous October.
They report that unwanted e-mail is currently 91% of all e-mail.
The problem isn’t limited to the US, either. The European Commission reports that 50-80% of all e-mails sent in the EU are spam.
So that’s what’s been clogging the tubes! 🙂