時差N小時:垃圾郵件

The flood of e-mail spam, or junk e-mails, thatbombards Internet users daily has become a naggingproblem, according to a survey released by theTaiwan Internet Association.

臺灣互聯(lián)網協(xié)會最近公布的調查顯示，網民每天都要接受大量垃圾郵件的轟炸。郵箱里塞滿垃圾郵件給網民造成困擾。

The survey found that Internet users receive anaverage of 29 junk e-mails per day, with most ofthem related to pornography, violence, fraud,online shopping and computer viruses.

調查發(fā)現(xiàn)每個網民平均每天接收到29封垃圾郵件，而大多數(shù)郵件都涉及色情、暴力、詐騙、網購和網絡病毒。

Up to 70 percent of recipients simply delete these messages without bothering to open themup.

超過70%的受訪者會直接刪掉垃圾郵件，不會費勁去打開查看。

On the effects of junk e-mail, the public is most worried about their propensity to spreadcomputer viruses, with 80.5 percent saying that they are irksome, 78.1 percent consideringthem a waste of time, and 51.6 percent saying they are a waste of computer and Internetresources.

關于垃圾郵件造成的影響，網民們最擔心靠垃圾郵件傳播網絡病毒的傾向性，80.5%的受訪者認為這種行為很令人厭煩，78.1%的人認為是在浪費時間，51.6%的人認為是在浪費電腦和互聯(lián)網資源。

Around 50 percent worried that the spam could inadvertently cause them to delete otherimportant information, and 41.3 percent said they are worried about being defrauded.

大約50%的受訪者擔心大量的垃圾郵件會使自己無意中刪除重要信息，41.3%的人說擔心上當受騙。

The survey also showed that 74 percent of the public hope the government can formulatelegislation or take administrative measures to regulate the spam.

這次調查也顯示，74%的公眾希望政府立法，采取行政措施來規(guī)范電子郵件。

The survey also found that 24.1 percent of those polled spend between one and two hourson the Internet daily if working hours are excluded, while 65.9 percent spend more than twohours.

調查也發(fā)現(xiàn)，24.1%的受訪者每天會花1到2個小時上網，工作時間除外，而65.9%的人則超過兩個小時。

The survey also found that 64.5 percent send less than five e-mails daily, while only around20 percent send more than 10 e-mails a day.

調查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，64.5%的人每天發(fā)送的郵件不超過5封，然而，只有大約20%的人每天發(fā)送的電子郵件超過10封。