>In the past people have been looking for some figures to justify IMGates >expense
??? >This may help. > >http://www.valicomm.com/products.shtml > >ValiMail Anti-Spam: Protect your e-mail accounts > >ValiMail is the first of a series of Valicomm solutions, addressing the most >critical pain point in e-mail based communication: spam. > >According to Ferris Research, the average business e-mail user receives >three spam messages a day, and in three years that number will swell to 40. >In 2003 we'll waste 15 hours deleting e-mail, compared to 2.2 hours in the >year 2000. That will cost the average business in the future $400 per >in-box, compared to $55 today. Jupiter Communications states that the >average U.S. consumer will receive 1,600 commercial email messages in 2005, >up from 40 in 1999, while non-marketing and personal correspondence will >more than double from approximately 1,750 emails per year in 1999 to almost >4,000 in 2005. Stop spam now! Also, figure that brightmail/postini run $1.50 to $3.00/account-year. Ok, screw it, blow off IMGate and go for the Gold: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2305065841&category=194 Also, multiply your rejects/day by some kb/msg, x 30 day/month for total Gb rejected/month. Then figure $1000 to $2000/Tb-month. Len
