[Busan]Spam,Accounts for 80%of Global e-mail Traffic: ITU Collaborates Internet Society To Combat
ITU and the Internet Society today signed a letter of agreement to collaborate on combating the global problem of spam.
Spam now accounts for a significant amount of all global e-mail traffic and presents particular difficulties in areas where bandwidth is insufficient to handle the congestion that spam creates.
“Combating the growing menace of spam and the protection of data is a global concern for legitimate Internet and smartphone users,” said ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun I. Touré.“We need to find global solutions to curtail the flow of intrusive junk mail which not only clogs up the Internet but also carries huge cost implications.”
Under the new agreement, the Internet Society and the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) will identify the best ways to build long-term capacity for addressing spam in developing countries.
The organizations have agreed to preliminarily focus their efforts on three areas:
[1]Facilitating greater regional access to technical experts from the global Internet community who can share anti-spam knowledge and experiences on an ongoing basis
[2]Providing educational training and information on effective anti-spam policies, technical solutions and operational requirements
[3]Documenting anti-spam best practices