Deleting Spam Costs Billions, Study Finds

AP ^ | February 2, 2005 | ANICK JESDANUN

[SouthernFreebird]

This is anal.

[billorites]

"This is anal."

It's some poor schmoo's Master's Thesis.

[anniegetyourgun]

I hate spam.

[ConservativeDude]

i wonder how much my company has lost b/c of my time at freerepublic?

[Musket]

So.....you like spam?

[Dad2Angels]

Oh PLEASE. I realize spam is a problem that needs to be addressed in some manner but this 'study' is equivalent to one detailing how many business dollars are lost to nose picking.

Ridiculous.

[jigsaw]

i wonder how much my company has lost b/c of my time at freerepublic?

None. You're a smarter and better employee now.

[Jay Howard Smith]

I dont understand it.....If your address isnt in my address book....I dont get anything from you.....! Its not hard if your not interested.

[nuconvert]

I'd like to know how that 1/4 avoid getting daily spam.

[Musket]

Spamming = nose picking. Hmmm.....

[Musket]

Make that "deleting" spam = nose picking.

[TomGuy]

I have doubts about the correctness of this study.

A $30 Mailwasher program can eliminate a high percentage of spam. Most businesses, if they have an IT with have a brain-cell, have filtering programs already.

[SouthernFreebird]

So.....you like spam?

You got that I liked spam because I think this is a stupidly anal waste of time report. It's nothing more than spam itself.

[palmer]

I'm not sure, but I think it's possible to delete spam with one hand while picking your nose with the other.

[billorites]

Mailwasher has been well worth $30.

[DYngbld]

If you delete all your spam with out reading it you would never know about the poor Nigerian whatever that just came across $100 billion and needs your help.
</sarcasm>

[Dad2Angels]

I'm not sure, but I think it's possible to delete spam with one hand while picking your nose with the other.

Only for the most talented of us.

[Route101]

now children....can we all say firewall?

[Musket]

I was just askin'.:-)