One thing you can say about spam: it rescues us from turning to the Reader's Digest for humorous modern office anecdotes. Sure, it accounts for up to a 12.5 percent loss of productivity, but what would our email stories be like without it? An online survey conducted by The top award goes to "medication" companies, whose offers for purple pills and weight loss tablets have reached 97.4 percent of our inboxes. The runner up award goes to the retail community, with 96.7 percent. Dishonorable mentions of the night went to spammers hawking body enhancements, pornography, gambling, investment opportunities, and of course, Nigerian princes needing money. Often in an attempt to "hide" from spammers, the average email user maintains three active email accounts. And it's not just the constant barrage of unwanted email that irks them. Almost all (99%) of respondents reported missing legitimate email to spam filters. Nearly half lost between 10 and 50 messages. Though survey results show that most people (77%) are not motivated by spam to a visit a web site or make a purchase, 22 percent have at least visited a Web site after being prompted. Take your Spam Personality Test here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") Yahoo My Web
Email Digest: All In a Day's Spam
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