In 2009 87% of Emails are Spam

Spam accounted for 87 percent of all email messages in 2009, says Symantec. According to the security vendor’s December State of Spam and Phishing report, spam peaked in May, when it accounted for 95 percent of all email messages sent and was at its lowest level (74 percent) at the beginning of the year, just months after US ISP McColo was shut down