<div>This will probably jinx me! *chuckle* I seldom get spam at gmail. Perhaps a few times a week at most. When I had yahoo, my box was full. Does that make a difference?</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Rumelhart</b> <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">A quick googling of my own revealed that spam costs US businesses over<br>$10 billion a year annually, and another $500 million a year for ISPs.
<br>Another study of Fortune 500 companies places the cost per employee per<br>year at $1,934.<br><br>It's still a problem, with or without the Can Spam Act. All indications<br>are that it's gotten much worse since 2003. I saw some estimates that
<br>the percentage of spam email rose in that time period from about 70% to<br>well over 90% of all email.<br><br>Let me know how well it works for you.<br><br>I'm skeptical that the Russian mafia will abide by it, but I may be wrong.
<br><br>Paul<br><br>Tom Hansen wrote:<br>> Golly, gee -<br>><br>> A quick (between coffee sips) google of the Federal Trade Commission found<br>> the "Can SPAM Act of 2003" complete with links to report violators.
<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.shtm">http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.shtm</a><br>><br>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>><br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho
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