Unusually good Associated Press series on spam. Who gets it, how much, who sends it, how profitable, what people are doing about it. Part I E-Mail Users, Sites Growing Weary of Spam Onslaught --- Part II Spam Fattens Both E-mail And Bank Accounts ---- Part III :Anti-Spam Tools Are Not Perfect, But Can Mitigate Annoyance (all from Salt Lake City Tribune)

And a related story from Italy Even With Anti-Spam Laws, Europe Plagued by Junk E-Mail (AP, again)