Ivan,
Cc: list-managers
I'm glad Paul's activities got you to tighten up your act, even
if you seem to resent having been made to do this. Every spam
sent is a 10 cent cost spread over all users of the Net. I make
my money by supporting people to use the Internet too, but the
more useful this is the better I can help them and the
better this is for my job. Deny spammers these services (for
whatever reason) and you become part of the solution. Provide
them with any kind of help and you are part of a problem
which has to be dealt with if those who make their living
providing Net services are to provide useful services to end
users. Without useful services there is no living to be made from
the Net for any of us.
How many spams does a person have to receive before the time sorting
these and deleting them outweighs the usefulness of what they do
want to receive ? I think most would give up somewhere between 10
and 100 a day. And how many people on the Net would pay service
providers or support engineers to keep them on without a useful
email service ? Paul Vixie is doing a great job in taking action
to keep ISP and other support staff in a living by being able to
provide services other people find useful.
It's really got nothing to do with religious fundamentalism - as
far as I can see this is all down to simple economics whether you
choose to see it that way or not.
Richard Kay
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Ivan Pope wrote:
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> Oh, spare me from the Zealots.
