America Online yesterday reported a whopping year-over-year 75 percent reduction in spam-related complaints. The company said it receives about 2.2 million spam reports a day from subscribers, down from 11 million a day a year ago. An AOL spokesman attributed the drop to a combination of ongoing company efforts and federal and state anti-spam laws, such as the CAN-SPAM Act, which went into effect in January 2004.

'Our members are telling us they are getting less spam than ever on AOL, and we're seeing a substantial drop in the number of spam messages reaching AOL members' spam folders,' said Carl Hutzler, director of anti-spam operations at AOL, in a statement. 'That means one thing: many spammers are raising the white flag of surrender for the first time since 1999.

AOL Declares Spam On Wane Posted by: DTB at 8:40 AM  |  Permalink