Spam Statistics and Facts 

According to Spamlaws.com Spam is a huge issue for most Internet users – in fact, 52% of participants polled in a recent survey stated that spam was a major problem. And despite the evolution of anti spam software, such as spam filters and spam blockers, the negative effects of spam are still being felt by individuals and businesses alike.

Spam accounts for 14.5 billion messages globally per day. In other words, spam makes up 45% of all emails. Some research companies estimate that spam email makes up an even greater portion of global emails, some 73% in fact. The United States is the number one generator of spam email, with Korea clocking in as the second largest contributor of unwanted email.

The most prevalent type of spam is advertising-related email; this type of spam accounts for approximately 36% of all spam messages. The second most common category of spam is adult-related in subject and makes up roughly 31.7% of all spam. Unwanted emails related to financial matters is the third most popular form of spam, at 26.5%.

The Costs of Spam: How Spam Affects Your Bottom Line

According to a study by the Radicati Research Group Inc., a research firm based in Palo Alto, California, spam costs businesses $20.5 billion annually in decreased productivity as well as in technical expenses. Nucleus Research estimates that the average loss per employee annually because of spam is approximately $1934.

Predictions for the future costs of spam don’t look any brighter. It is estimated that 58 billion junk emails will be sent every day within the next four years, a figure that will cost businesses some $198 billion annually.

However, some researchers believe that based on an estimated current cost of $49 annually per inbox, the total cost of spam for businesses will balloon to $257 billion per year if spam continues to flourish at its current rate.

Spam - The Solution 

Support Tech is able to offer Exchanger Defender to protect and support your email infrastructure.

ExchangeDefender is an Internet-based message hygiene and business continuity network that can secure and save your business by:

• Protecting you from junk mail (SPAM), viruses, trojans, malware, spyware and adware..
• Assuring message delivery by scanning and holding your email for up to 7 days of outage..
• Keeping you in business using our LiveArchive secure standby mail server with your identity..
• Helping you meet the regulatory compliance requirements with archiving and disclaimers..
• Enabling you to be more productive and efficient through ExchangeDefender Client Software..
• Keeping you off blacklists by enforcing SPF and Domainkeys and scanning outgoing email..
• Making your employees more productive by giving them control over their spam and policies..
• Making archival of messages possible and affordable with archives that scale with your business..
• Stopping identity theft by blocking phishing and adding authenticity to your mail messages..
• Delivering a more accountable mail infrastructure with user, network and business KPI reports..
• Enhancing mail server reliability by reducing the amount of mail and attacks it deals with..
• Leveraging global infrastructure and security to help you get your mail, faster and safer..

Contact us if you would like to see an end to SPAM.