Inc: Fight Spam in Six Steps

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Unwanted and unsolicited junk e-mail currently makes up about two-thirds of all e-mail received, but there are some simple ways your business can cut down on spam.

FEBRUARY 1, 2008
by Mary O. Foley

No, they haven’t found a cure for spam yet.

But until then, it’s still a fight worth fighting. According to a March 2007 survey by Wellesley, Mass.-based Nucleus Research, two out of every three e-mail messages received on the job are unwanted or unsolicited. All that spam costs U.S. businesses $70 billion -- or $712 per employee per year in productivity alone, the same study estimated. And that’s not counting the losses due to viruses, worms and Trojans it spreads, or the identity or trade secret theft it can cause.

What can a small or mid-sized business do, especially if your IT department is on the smaller side, too?

Here are some tips from the experts:

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