The Economics of Spam

higgins writes "The Wall Street Journal has the best story I've ever seen on the economics of spam. A self-described "spam queen" (Clean link; should work for non-subscribers) talks about not just the millions of emails she spews, but what it costs per mailing ($250 for 500k emails), what the response rates are (1-2 one-thousandths percent) and what she actually makes. (40% of each sale of one product: anti-spam software)."

Comments

Re:He dosn't need a firewall MORON, just to disabl

[CoolCash]

the windows messenger component. No one needs a fire wall and stupid paranoid freaks like your self should all die.

Ya and you don't need to use contraception when having sex.

Re:$5 to anyone who proves this statement wrong-

[xpurple]

I say we kill her. Just send a good sniper to her house, and that will cut down a lot of spam from my inbox.

Re:$5 to anyone who proves this statement wrong-

[Dimensio]

I know that it is harsh, but in addition to being put to death, her children should be sterilized so that they are the last generation of that line of stupidity.