Spam Costing An Hour A Day?
from the ouch dept
After just doing my once every few days scan of my spam filters to make sure nothing legitimate was caught, I realized that spam seems to be increasing at quite a rapid clip lately. However, my filtering system is working well enough that it's not a huge waste of time right now. A new study in the UK, though, has found that workers can spend up to an hour a day cleaning out their in-boxes. As bad a problem as spam is, I'm curious what these people are doing that it takes them so long to deal with their spam. It sounds like this "study", though, is simply asking business owners how much they thought their staff wasted on spam - so the one hour number is probably exaggerated.
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Unwanted e-mail does not neccessarily equal SPAM
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When soon to be ex-spouses start filing lawsuits against each other for spamming under federal spam laws it will be a dark day. ;)
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Ha! I agree... but it's also why I think any legal definition of spam is going to run into problems.
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An Hour For Spam? You must be reading it all...
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I fixed my spam problem...
I stopped reading e-mail.
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online chess
And I'd rather be playing chess online on online chess !
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