Thank God for Gmail

I decided to run an experiment over the last month. Instead of checking my spam folder in Gmail on a regular basis and emptying it I'd let it build up over 30 days worth of spam (spam older than 30 days gets auto-purged). I just checked back with the spam folder and it has reached a steady state of around 1,100 items or roughly 36 emails a day. 36 emails a day and I do take precautions using SpamGourmet. I can't imagine what life would be like if all of this nonsense made it to my inbox...