According to an article in
Scientific American email spam has dropped to its lowest level in three years, from representing 90% of all global emails to "just" 70.5% of email.
I honestly did not know the problem was so bad that we have reached a point where nearly 3/4 of all our email is spam...and that is a good thing.
Spam Hits Lowest Point Since 2008
The decrease may be a result of recent takedowns of two botnets disarmed by the FBI earlier this yearBy Matt Liebowitz and SecurityNewsDaily | December 8, 2011http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... since-2008