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- According to the Americans surveyed, email spam is
the No. 1 technology time waster (49%) by wide margins
over other tech annoyances including automated voice response
systems (24%) and slow Internet connections (19%).
- 49% of Americans spend more than 40 minutes per week
deleting spam, with 14% reporting they spend as much
as three and a half hours a week -- or 7.5 days per year
-- on this task.
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| Email Spam Statistics and Information |
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Email Spam has grown from a nuisance to
a full-blown Internet threat. Consider these alarming statistics:
| 25% |
Projected percentage
of spam out of all e-mail traffic by the end of 2002 |
Gartner 2001 |
| $8 billion |
Global cost annually
in time and resources to combat the Spam problem |
European Union, CNET
2002 |
| 10% |
Time spent by small
businesses dedicated to e-mail management |
Association for Interactive
Marketing, 2002 |
| 2.3 billion |
Spam messages that
will be sent on a daily basis by the end of 2002 |
Radicati Group |
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| What
is unsolicited commercial email (aka "spam")?
Why should I care
about email spam?
How do email spammers
get my email address? |
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| Consumer Tips to Prevent Email
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The following
practices from McAfee Security will help you reduce the thousands
of unwanted messages from entering your email inbox:
- Beware of purchasing spam-advertised products.
- Refrain from clicking on Reply or Remove!
- Use a "public" email address when online.
- Don't post your email address online.
- Use an email spam
filtering program.
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| Best Practices for Email Marketers |
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The following
practices from McAfee Security will help you reduce the thousands
of unwanted messages from entering your email inbox:
- Use opt-in methods to build your mailing lists.
- All commercial email subject lines will be “honest
and truthful.”
- All claims stated in the commercial email will be honest
and truthful.
- All commercial email will clearly indicate the identity
of the product/service provider.
- All disclaimers and disclosures must be clear and conspicuous
to consumers.
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| Email Spam-related News Clippings |
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Spam
Strives Despite Efforts to Screen it Out
Spam
Email Problem Worse than Imagined
Like
Cochroaches Spam Email is here to stay
Nigerian
(spam) Scam Continues to Strive
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| EXTRA
HEAPINGS OF SPAM
STOP, THIEF! THAT'S MY IDENTITY |
