Summary from Spam News, <http://www.spamnews.com>.
---begin--- UNSOLICITED E-MAIL MESSAGES COST CHILEANS $36 MILLION A YEAR - Agencia EFE 5/13/2002 http://library.northernlight.com/FF20020513190000059.html?cb=242&dx=1006&sc=0#doc Santiago -- Unsolicited commercial e-mail messages received by Internet users are costing Chileans some $36.1 million a year, according to a report released Monday by the Santiago Chamber of Commerce. This practice, known as "spamming," is costing Chile some $26.5 million in decreased productivity and $9.5 million in wasted telephone calls, the study determined. The report notes that despite repeated warnings on the negative impacts of spamming, a 1998 privacy law ruled that the practice is legal. ---end--- -- Tom Geller * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * +1-415-552-2557 Media Liaison/Secretary, SpamCon Foundation <http://www.spamcon.org> Protecting email as a medium of communications and commerce A California non-profit organization Become a member: <http://www.spamcon.org/membership> _______________________________________________ spamcon-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.spamcon.org/mailman/listinfo/spamcon-general#subscribers Subscribe, unsubscribe, etc: Use the URL above or send "help" in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
