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Ipswitch has today announced that spam is down by over 20 per cent on the previously recorded period. According to a survey conducted for the company, 74 per cent of e-mail received over the Summer period was unwanted spam, down from 93 per cent over the Easter period.Although mortgage and loan spam held on to the top spot, it fell from 44 per cent - a third of spam e-mails this time. Second remained unwanted e-mails offering various types of medication (up from 18 per cent to 22 per cet).Next was the new trend of e-mails attempting to 'phish' recipients' banking details with spurious claims of Lottery wins and online gambling accounts (12.5 per cent up from 9 per cent), with various pornographic offerings rising to the occasion at number four. Last was spam offering pirated software with 9 per cent of the total spam received.'Although the percentage of spam arriving in e-mail inboxes can vary substantially, the importance of having efficient filters in place is as relevant as ever because productivity can be adversely affected by even small amounts of messaging spam,' said Ipswitch's vice president of marketing, Alex Neihaus.'Businesses lose countless man-hours a week in staff having to sift through the deluge of e-mail in their inbox to get to those that have a real affect on the bottom line. Collaboration is a cornerstone of doing business in the 21st century and companies cannot do enough to protect this vital part of their business communications.''Although the user is becoming more knowledgeable in their approach to spam, the spammers are at least one step ahead. The rise in phishing Spam is the most worrying, as this is often quite sophisticated - and has the highest financial repercussions for users. It is of massive importance that users have suitable anti-spam capabilities in place,' said Quocirca analyst Clive Longbottom.