Re: Yet another virus alert

[Mike Nolan]

Ivan Pope wrote:

> Do you try to stop the USP posting to Direct Mail users?

I continue to assert that the comparison to bulk mailers is not proper,
and that the economics of the Internet are not structured correctly and
actually encourage spamming.

A bulk mailer pays for the creation and mailing of the piece, and that 
cost (mostly) covers the entire delivery process, all the way down to the
local mail carrier's salary and the gas to run the delivery truck.

With e-mail, the majority of the costs are born by intermediate 
carriers, local ISP's, our employers, or ourselves.

Until such time as an economic model for the Internet is used that
allocates and distributes both costs and revenues based on usage and 
origination or consent, Draconian measures such as the RBL will enjoy 
favor as being better than no solution at all.
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Mike Nolan