Friday, September 24, 1999, 10:16:08 PM, Thomas wrote:
SL>>> And in that same 35 minutes they could pump out ~120% more addresses. So
SL>>> if 5 is a "good" return, then 690 must be much better.
C>> There is a little difference between a post which is *sent* and a post
C>> which is *read*.
C>> But some actually pay housewives to hand write addresses. Why ?
C>> Because they actually know that this seems *personal* snailmail, and
C>> a very bigger amount of receivers will open the envelope instead of
C>> sending everything in the litter box *before*.
> In snailmail, this increases the probability of a positive return from
> 1 in 1,000 to 1 in (I don't remember, school was a long time ago, I
> think it was:) 200.
If we take that ratio, the 5 becomes 25. Again, clearly for any spammer
that isn't desperate they would go with bulk over personal. Quantity over
quality.
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