Junk e-mails add to work stress

Junk
e-mails are now one of the main causes of stress for office workers, according
to internet company Yahoo.

Yahoo’s
poll of 1,000 computer users found that one in four had been fooled into
opening unwanted messages believing them to be genuine.

Junk
e-mails now rank behind traffic jams and long working hours as the main
headache causes for office workers.

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However,
Yahoo found that many people are unknowingly making things worse by replying to
the messages.

By Quentin Reade