16 Percent of E-Mails Delivered to Inbox are Considered Spam by Business Users: Survey
By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor
Business users send 41 e-mail messages per day, and receive approximately 100 e-mail messages per day, according to a survey by Radicati Group.
Of the 100 daily e-mails received, 24 e-mails per day include an attachment. 16 percent of e-mail delivered to the inbox is considered spam by recipients. However, spam rates are decreasing from previous years.
Eighty five percent of surveyed respondents said they access e-mail from their mobile phone for business purposes on a daily basis, Radicati Group said in its report called “Survey: Corporate E-mail, 2011-2012.”
The latest study offers an in-depth look at current deployment, attitudes, usage, and future migration plans of 100 organizations worldwide, representing over 228,068 e-mail users.
The survey covers detailed data on the deployment of Microsoft Exchange, IBM (News 
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Postal systems worldwide are facing huge challenges from the widespread use of e-mail and other Internet services that offer instantaneous communication. The list of postal systems' woes is long and topped by the growth of social networking sites, which are replacing mail at an unanticipated rate, thus further eroding the traditional postal systems.
Recently, The Kuwait Times reported that postal services have been losing money at a phenomenal rate, amounting to $7 billion this year alone, with hundreds of post offices worldwide facing closure as a result. Correspondence system of e-mail is the main reason for closure of post offices..
Rajani Baburajan is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Rajani's articles, please visit her columnist page.
Edited by Rich Steeves
