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Two weeks after McColo Corp.'s shutdown sent global spam volumes plummeting, some researchers said junk mail rates remain dramatically down, while others said spam has already bounced back.

On Oct. 14, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, with help from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and New Zealand police, announced that it had shut down a vast international spam network known as HerbalKing.