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Published 07/01/2009 by The Official Google Blog

What we've learned about spam

Blended threats. Payload viruses. Spam. If you're one of the more than 15 million people whose work email is protected by Postini's email security products, we hope you don't spend a lot of time thinking about these things. And if we're doing our job right, they...

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Blogs

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Q2 2009 Spam Trends [Google Enterprise Blog - 07/01/2009] Editor's Note: The spam data cited in this post is drawn from the network of Google email security and archiving services, powered by Postini, which provide email ...
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