Solid.net AntiSpam Issues
These were excerted from NewsScan Daily
- THE NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO FIGHT SPAM The president of
Brightmail (a company that helps Internet providers block spam) predicts
that by the end of this year half of all e-mail will be spam messages,
and says that spam costs U.S. businesses $10 billion a year in lost
productivity. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has called for international
organizations to join the anti-spam effort, and Sen. Charles Schumer
(D,NY) says: "As soon as we tighten up our laws here and institute
vigorous enforcement, those who want to violate our laws move abroad. A
global agreement will ensure that anti-spam standards protecting American
computers are enforceable both here and abroad." (AP/San Jose Mercury
News 22 May 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5920220.htm
- STUDY SHOWS SPAM PAYS While the battle against spam intensifies, the
Direct Marketing Association has just released figures showing that
commercial e-mail advertisements generated more than $7 billion in sales
last year. The DMA's study is intended to bolster its claim that
commercial e-mail plays a significant role in the U.S. economy. According
to the report, about 36% of e-mail users, or 21% of all adult Americans,
have purchased a product or service as the result of receiving commercial
e-mail over the past year, with purchases valued at an average of $168.
About 9% of these e-mail users said they made their purchases as the
result of unsolicited commercial e-mail. (Wall Street Journal 22 May
2003) http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105358168385262900.djm,00.html
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NewsScan Daily, 22 May 2003 ("Above The Fold")
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