On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 01:27:02 -0800, "J.D. Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>-- Delivered via SpamCon Foundation DEA: http://dea.spamcon.org >-- Replies will be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-- Additional Info: http://dea.spamcon.org/i/?v=936026 > >On 03/08/03, Charles Oriez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> a factoid in the Rocky Mountain News this morning said that in a recent 24 >> hour period, AOL deleted 1 billion spams aimed at their members. Figure >> the bandwidth and other processing cost of that. > > And then, add the customer service cost for all the mail that > actually got through -- about fifty cents per complaint. It all > adds up fast. J.D., can you cite the actual source for the $.50 per complaint cost? If that figure can be proven credibly, that's a number that has a lot of potential in supporting the cost-shifting notion that spammers have refuted publicly for so long. Ted _______________________________________________ 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]
