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Diverging Estimates of the Costs of Spam

Posted by TimSlavin at July 28, 2003

Diverging Estimates of the Costs of Spam: "When Indiana University installed its new e-mail system in 2000, it spent $1.2 million on a network of nine computers to process mail for 115,000 students, faculty members and researchers at its main campus here and at satellite facilities throughout the state. It had expected the system to last at least through 2004, but the volume of mail is growing so fast, the university will need to buy more computers this year instead, at a cost of $300,000. Why? Mainly, the rising volume of spam, which accounts for nearly 45 percent of the three million e-mail messages the university receives each day." From NYTimes.com (free registration required).

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