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Title: Email spam : a single user's perspective
Authors: Grech, Victor E.
Agius Muscat, Hugo
Keywords: Spam (Electronic mail)
Spam (Electronic mail) -- Law and legislation
Spam filtering (Electronic mail)
Visual communication in science -- Malta
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Citation: Grech, V. E., & Agius Muscat, H. (2008). Email spam: a single user's perspective. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine, 31(3), 110-112.
Abstract: Email spam is a global nuisance and financial burden. This paper analyses the current breakdown of email in an active email account, subdividing spam by proportion and type. Spamming may be defined as the misuse and manipulation of electronic messaging systems in order to haphazardly send unsolicited messages en masse. The most widespread form of spam is via email, but the term also applies to such abuse in instant messaging, mobile text messages etc. Email spam commenced shortly after the Internet was opened to the public, and since the first email spam in 1978, it is conservatively estimated that at least 85% of worldwide email is comprised of spam.4 This study was undertaken in order to examine the current level and type of spam in relation to legitimate email, over the period January 2008. [Excerpt]
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/111019
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