Gmail!  Actually, it’s more like 6 out of 10.

Over the past couple weeks, I have been tracking the email addresses of the spammers whose accounts I am deleting (Ouch, my sore deleting finger!).  It is not a scientific survey, because I have missed a few - but the missing is totally random, so the stats should still be good.

Here are the numbers:

• Gmail 70
• Rete24.com 15
• Yahoo 13
• Hotmail 5

There are also another 7 domains hosting email addresses of two spammers I deleted, and another six domains hosting emails of just a single spammer.

When I say this is not a scientific survey, I should add that I did not check to see how many days in a row I might be deleting the same spammer.  In particular, I have no idea if the Rete24.com spammers are several who have access to a free email account on that site, or a single spammer who owns that site, or a team of spammers working for that site.

Surprisingly, I deleted the infamous SteveJobsBookmarking.com only twice.

What is clear from this is that spammers really prefer Gmail heads and shoulders above Yahoo and Hotmail.

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