It’s not your imagination – the volume of spam is constantly rising and the spammers continue to find new ways to get through the filters. Here’s an article that lays out the figures – almost half of all corporate e-mail is spam and the percentage is higher for non-corporate e-mail users.
The spam filter built into Outlook 2003 continues to work efficiently but every day there’s a few more junk messages making it into the inbox. If you use Outlook 2003, visit the Microsoft Office Update site and make sure you have the latest update for the spam filter.