MessageLabs expert warns of spam 'arms race'; Matt Sergeant tells BBC Money Programme of constant fight to combat new techniques; Programme uses MessageLabs to help identify worst spammers MessageLabs now stopping spam in over 50% of emails; PC Magazine rates MessageLabs service the most effective at 96%.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 June 2003-MessageLabs: MessageLabs expert warns of spam 'arms race'; Matt Sergeant tells BBC Money Programme of constant fight to combat new techniques; Programme uses MessageLabs to help identify worst spammers MessageLabs now stopping spam in over 50 of emails; PC Magazine rates MessageLabs service the most effective at 96(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06192003 London -- Dealing with the problem of email spam is "like an arms race", where both spammers and anti-Spam companies constantly fight to stay one step ahead, according to Matt Sergeant, Senior Anti-Spam Technologist at MessageLabs, the email security company.

Interviewed on the BBC TV Money Programme special report into the rise of spam, Matt Sergeant says: "In many...