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The flood of unwanted E-mail or “Spam” appears to be subsiding in the United States as a result of a 2003 law and technological advances, according to a government report.

The federal trade Commission report said yesterday that an avalanche of Spam remains a major issue for internet users but that most indications are that consumers are getting less Spam than two years ago.

The FTC said a survey by the E-mail filtering firm MX logic found that Spam accounted for 67 per cent of E-mail passing through its system for the first eight months of 2005, a nine per cent decrease from a year earlier.

More dramatically, the FTC said America online reported that its members received 75 per cent less Spam in 2004 than in 2003.

Globally, the report said, “studies from other countries similarly report a decrease in the amount of Spam reaching consumers’ inboxes,” citing studies from…

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