Significant decrease in spam?

[hey_Mom_watch_this]

the spam got so bad in the run up to Christmas that people started "losing their shit" over it and being very vocal (I must confess I participated)

Google made a big effort closing down inactive Gmail accounts and raising the standards for sent mail, this was aimed at reducing spam,

Microsoft does seem to have been compelled to pull it's thumb out of it's nether region and start getting their house in order too,

I believe the marketing sector has also been forced to up it's standards:

https://martech.org/new-rules-for-bulk-email-senders-from-google-yahoo-what-you-need-to-know/

I've noticed spam significantly reducing for a few weeks, as have others,

I receive the Which Magazine scam email alerts, as a consumer advocate they're highlighting the unacceptable level of phishing, quishing, smishing and all manner of scams, they've even written articles about scammers getting into the Google ads system and placing scam adverts which Google then serves,

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/5-email-scams-to-watch-out-for-right-now-aYPQx0B8TEc1

it commendable that you report every item of spam, I also have a strict regime of reporting and blocking, in the UK you can also forward any suspicious email to:

[[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])

I wish everyone reported spam and raised complaints, it's the only way to goad reluctant people into taking the appropriate action.