Clickz.com reports a new study by Osterman Research found that 44% of computer users have reduced their use of e-mail and the Internet in the last 12 months.

Over 80 percent of e-mail users believe the parties most responsible for spam are product vendors who employ spam advertising tactics and Internet service providers. However, only 26 percent of e-mail users believe ISPs have been effective at addressing the spam problem; 11 percent believe vendors have been effective, the survey found.

Respondents, however, didn’t simply blame only vendors and ISPs. Almost 70 percent of people surveyed assumed personal responsibility for stopping their spam problems, more so than their company employers (62 percent); the federal government (45 percent); or state or local governments (32 percent).

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