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Users without anti-spam spend 43 minutes checking e-mails

Average Productivity Cost of Spam and Savings of Anti-Spam Solutionsfor Average Firm with 5,000 Email UsersWith Anti-Without Anti- SpamSpam Solution Solution-------------- -------------Email Users--------------------------------------Daily time spent by each user 10 minutes 5 minutesAverage annual (cost)/savings to firm ($4.
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Average Productivity Cost of Spam and Savings of Anti-Spam Solutions for Average Firm with 5,000 Email Users

With Anti-
Without Anti-       Spam
Spam Solution   Solution
--------------  -------------
Email Users
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Daily time spent by each user           10 minutes      5 minutes
Average annual (cost)/savings to firm   ($4.1 million)  $783,000
IT Staff
Daily time spent by each user           43 minutes      19 minutes
Average annual (cost)/savings to firm   ($85,800)       $13,000

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