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Originally posted by 4thTimeLucky
Maybe my maths is squiffy, but Carmack sent about 1 trillion emailes in a year.
Then the article says 4.7 trillion spam emails are received total in the US each year.
So that means that if Carmack used just US addresses he responsible for 1/4 to 1/5 of all the spam emails!?
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Good point here. Your math looks fine to me.
Perhaps he sent out nearly a trillion, but its a worldwide thing. There are nearly 5 trillion in just the US, the article says. That may account for the difference. There are alot of inboxs out there with users outside the US, and some of the worst spammers live outside the US as well.