Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:46:13 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Carl Tucker <cft@panix.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Spamming FreeBSD lists. Message-ID: <0cb6f2046150812FE8@mail8.nc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20020108063723.GA24052@panix.com> References: <87ofk6dnjh.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <20020108063723.GA24052@panix.com>
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On Tuesday 08 January 2002 01:37 am, Carl Tucker wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 10:27:30AM -0800, Ken McGlothlen wrote:
> > reply to this message. Note that if your message is an unsolicited
> > advertisement, freebsd.org will bill you or your company $100 per
> > subscriber, payable net-30. Currently, there are 1500 [or whatever]
> > subscribers."
> >
> > Good idea? Bad idea?
>
> Bad idea, I think. That message condones spamming the list. It says
> you can spam, and it costs $100.
Actually, per the last two sentences, it costs $150,000.00. Considering all
the good that $150,000 would do for the FreeBSD project, I'd be willing to be
on the receiving end of a single spam message if the sender contributed that
much to the project.
But of course in practice it would merely serve as a deterrent to send the
spam in the first place, and that would be ok, too.
> The optional last sentence shows what
> you get for your money.
>
> I don't want to be an a list that sells advertising.
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