It is 30 years since the very first spam message was sent via the internet. In the last three decades our inboxes have been filled with junk about fake Rolexes, bogus weight-loss schemes, scam lottery notifications, and ways to increase the size of our body parts.

However, spam only works because there are people out there who actually *buy* goods advertised via junk email. IT security firm Sophos reports that 11% of people admit to having bought products marketed via spam.

So take the "Sophos Spam Pledge", show your support, JOIN this group and invite others to sign-up, and promise that you will never buy goods advertised via spam. (read less)

It is 30 years since the very first spam message was sent via the internet. In the last three decades our inboxes have been filled with junk about fake Rolexes, bogus weight-loss schemes, scam lottery notifications, and ways to increase the size of our body parts.

However, spam only works because there are people out there who actually *buy* goods advertised via junk email. IT security firm Sophos reports that 11% of people admit to having bought products marketed via spam.

So take the... (read more)