Law Barring Junk E-Mail Allows a Flood Instead, The New York Times, 1 Feb 2005

“A year after a sweeping federal antispam law went into effect, there is more junk e-mail on the Internet than ever, and Levon Gillespie, according to Microsoft, is one reason…A survey from Stanford University in December showed that a typical Internet user now spends about 10 working days a year dealing with incoming spam. Industry analysts estimate that the global cost of spam to businesses in 2005, in terms of lost productivity and network maintenance, will be about $50 billion ($17 billion in the United States alone). And the Postini report concluded that most legislative measures - in the United States, Europe and Australia - have had little impact on the problem.�

Full story at http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/technology/01spam.html?ex=1265000400&en=7f39918007d9ca0f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt