"and 4 percent of the recipients have bought something advertised = through spam within the past year."
That's just great :/ really helps the cause. Christopher Checca Packard Transport, Inc. IT Department 24021 South Municipal Dr PO Box 380 Channahon, IL. 60410 815 467 9260 815 467 6939 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.packardtransport.com =20 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:23 AM To: IMGate@mgw2.MEIway.com Subject: [IMGate] Just in case you felt like relaxing.... There were some reports about spam decreasing, but .... =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Feb 2, 9:23 PM EST Deleting spam costs billions, study finds By ANICK JESDANUN AP Internet Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Time wasted deleting junk e-mail costs American = businesses=20 nearly $22 billion a year, according to a new study from the University = of=20 Maryland. A telephone-based survey of adults who use the Internet found that more=20 than three-quarters receive spam daily. The average spam messages per = day=20 is 18.5 and the average time spent per day deleting them is 2.8 minutes. The loss in productivity is equivalent to $21.6 billion per year at = average=20 U.S. wages, according to the National Technology Readiness Survey = produced=20 by Rockbridge Associates, Inc., and the Center for Excellence in Service = at=20 Maryland's business school. The study, to be released Thursday, also found that 14 percent of spam=20 recipients actually read messages to see what they say, and 4 percent of = the recipients have bought something advertised through spam within the=20 past year.
