On 12 Jul 2000, at 2:43, Tim Pierce wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 08:10:02PM -0400, Bernie Cosell wrote: > > On 3 Jul 2000, at 15:15, Chuq Von Rospach wrote: > > > > > We were spammed today. Laurie wandered out onto the porch this > > > morning to find a flyer on the front porch, for a "power management" > > > seminar. They leafletted the entire neighborhood.... > > > > Indeed, although an important difference to keep in mind is that that > > kind of spam dealt with in seconds with a keystroke or two [or even > > automatically in most cases], whereas the hardcopy stuff we've learned to > > just live with has to be handled, sorted, and carted to the dump [no > > recycling for that sort of stuff in this area] and actually wastes > > *real*time*... > > For what it's worth, electronic spam does in fact consume real time > for me, far more than the trivial couple of minutes a month that > sorting the junk mail does.... > > The stories I've heard from other sysadmins indicate that I am not > alone. ... You're mixing apples and oranges. I was talking from the _user's_ point of view, you're talking from the sysadmin's. I think your opinion of "junk USmail" would probably have a similar shift if you were in charge of the mailroom at a large condo complex and had to sort, handle and deliver hundreds of thousands of "GET INSURANCE FREE" and such blurbs. /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
