Anti-spam war still in progress

In 2004, Bill Gates stood before a full room of people and declared a war on spam. "It will soon be a thing of the past". He promised to have the job done within two years. Now, one year later, even critics say he's making progress.

Microsoft has been working on a number of anti-spam projects. In addition, the company has set up more than 100,000 MSN Hotmail "trap" accounts. These are accounts that the company monitors to draw in spam and follow the possible links to phishing scams.

The good news is that the amount of spam making its way into electronic mailboxes is on the wane.