South Africa: SA a Potential Mass Spam Target

16 September 2004

Johannesburg — There is a dire need for local spam legislation to be revised, as SA is a lucrative mass-spamming target, delegates at the iWeek conference were told.

Speaking at last week's conference, DataPro senior network administrator Greg Massel said legislation alone would not be sufficient in the fight against unsolicited e-mail. He pointed to the fact that spam increased from 50% of total e-mail in July 2003 to 65% a year later.

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