After several stable years, the inbox placement rate fell from 81% in the first half of 2012 to 76.5% in the second half.
Marketers react to image-based promotions on the right-hand side of opened e-mail messages.
Time spent on Web-based e-mail suffered a walloping 59 percent drop among 12- to 17-year-olds.
One in five e-mail marketers fail to apply analytics to their e-mail marketing campaigns.
E-mail will remain an important line of communication for years to come, but e-mail marketers will have to negotiate control over e-mail preferences.
Relatively few e-mail marketers use confirmed opt-in or share opt-out requests with other groups in their organization.
A study finds consumers maintain multiple e-mail addresses, using at least one for trusted sources. What does this mean for marketers?
Permission-based e-mail deliverability rates average 75 percent in the U.S.
International anti-spam action includes operation
More people are deploying filters to alleviate spam, while a few users click and convert, supporting the spam industry.
Threats shift from e-mail to Web-borne infection, while the rate of attacks may be falling.
Spam levels reach 93 percent of all e-mail in March, fueled by botnets.
Spam and sites containing malicious code shift from status-oriented attacks to criminal activity.
Arrests, convictions rise while threats still abound on the Web.
Financial institutions account for the highest volume of phishing messages, but social networks and e-cards garner higher open rates from phishing attacks.

June 6, 2012
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