There is only one answer to the Spam problem

I have noticed in line with reports that Spam in my inbox is starting to pick up again. Most of what I am getting is the ever popular Canadian Pharmacy stuff. It claims to be coming from mailboxes in the StillSecure domain and from Microsoft.  I haven't done any tracking on it yet or sent it over to the StillSecure SAT team to see what what the story is.  But does it really matter? 

The Spam problem won't go away until the money is let out of the balloon for the spammers.  When the rate of return for what it costs them to deliver this garbage is not enough to justify the cost, Spam will go away.  It really is an economic problem.  As long as some people are stupid enough to click on this crap and buy it, they will continue sending it.  Yes we can build better mouse traps, yes we can shut down hosts that host the spammers, yes we can try to block the botnets that are at work.  But all of that is reactive and perpetuates the status quo.  We need to educate people that to stop the spam, they need to stop clicking on it! That is something I see very little on.  Educating people that even if these deals seem too good to be true (they are), clicking on them hurts us all.  Stop spam by stop clicking on it. If you don't like all of this Viagra, credit repair, porn and the other sundry crap that clogs your mailbox, stop clicking on it.  Just say no to Spam.  Some sort of public awareness of what drives Spam would go a long way towards taking the money out of it for the spammers.  With no money the Spammers will shrivel up and die.

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