Originally Posted by Pornwolf

The actual cost of spam is negligable when you consider the amount of bandwidth bought by the corporations for daily use remain constant with or without spam. Spammers pay for the bandwidth that sends most messages out. Companies and users recieve it on pipes that are already installed, arranged and paid for.

A company that needs a 100mb Cogent pipe is going to buy it anyway. Spam in the email box has very little, or NO, effect on that fixed cost. It's a very colorful way for the antispam contingent to spin spam into a money sucking monster that it's not. So try the, "It costs corporations money" argument again on someone who doesn't know the truth.