Spam Costs U.S. Companies $22B Annually

KoReE writes "According to this CNN article, a study at the University of Maryland says the loss of productivity from spam is costing U.S. companies $22 billion per year." Of course, they also say people get 18.5 spam per day, and I'm tipping in at 20x that.

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Spam happens because spam is profitable

[tribulation2004]

"4 percent of the recipients have bought something advertised through spam within the past year"

And there you have it. The source of the problem. I wish those 4% would realize that THEY are directly responsible for most of the spam in circulation. If no one bought anything from spammers, the problem would go away (since filters, education and laws don't seem to be helping).