A Peek Behind the Curtain

If I were asked to conjure up a compelling visual representation of our incessant fight against spam, I probably would’ve come up with a highly inappropriate—and possibly offensive—infographic. (The anti-spam team deals with the nastiest of emails after all, from the vicious to the vile.) Thankfully, there were other creative and wholesome folks at Yahoo! who were up to the task.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, the visualization of Yahoo! Mail’s delivery and anti-spam network is worth several billion messages a day. It is quite mesmerizing. If you haven’t yet, do check it out at::

http:/visualize.yahoo.com

You can read more about the Yahoo! Mail Visualization Project here.