Montana the Least Spammed State

By Matthew Frank, 7-25-08 We wouldn’t have known it considering the male enhancement hoaxes and solicitations from European ponzi schemers that inundate New West’s inboxes everyday, but apparently Montana is the least spammed state in the country, according to a story on MainStreet.com. On the other end of the spam spectrum, here are the 10 most spammed states: 1. Illinois 2. South Dakota 3. Oregon 4. New Hampshire 5. Wisconsin 6. North Carolina 7. Indiana 8. Texas 9. Pennsylvania 10. Alabama Juliana Bunim writes: It’s hard to explain why certain states are more vulnerable to spam. “How much spam an individual gets tends to be factored by how much email is distributed and how public or easy to find the person is,” says Matt Sergeant, senior anti-spam technologist for MessageLabs. Maybe it’s the financial center in Illinois or... [read full story]