+1 On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> The bulk of my useful mail comes from these lists, LinkedIn and Facebook. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > *From: *David Lum <[email protected]> > *Date: *Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:44:49 -0800 > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > *Subject: *On another front - social networking killing e-mail... > > http://blog.pgp.com/index.php/2009/12/will-facebook-kill-email/ > > > > I laughed “hahah no way” at the title, but then I read this line: “I have > to admit I didn’t see his point until I read a headline recently indicating > that 92% of global email traffic is now spam. The fact that most email is > junk isn’t news as the percent of measured spam has been hovering around 90% > for quite some time. The fact that spam has dominated the email landscape > for so long is helping to drive some interesting user behaviors, however. > We’re starting to see reports that some users (mostly young) are giving up > email entirely in favor of social media. While I think many email users will > have problems doing this, it makes a certain amount of sense..” > > > > At my IT Garage clients SPAM hovers around 95-96% and if you think about > it, using social networking messaging is very much like having a “deny all > except specifically whitelisted senders”. > > > > Thoughts and comments welcome! > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
