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Filters getting better at blocking spam

Security firms say junk e-mail abounds, but less of it reaches your inbox

By Hiawatha Bray
Globe Staff / April 11, 2009

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You might not believe it after glancing at your e-mail inbox, but professional spam fighters say they're making progress in the war on digital junk mail. (Full article: 836 words)

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