From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 8 18:25:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kuitpo.alfred.cx (kuitpo.alfred.cx [150.101.93.136]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6119A37B419 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:25:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from workstation-54.office.viptone.com.au (ade-firewall.matcom.com.au [150.101.234.157]) by kuitpo.alfred.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF112BA32; Wed, 9 Jan 2002 13:05:55 +1030 (CST) Subject: Re: Spamming FreeBSD lists. From: Andrew Reid To: Ken McGlothlen Cc: Carl Tucker , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <877kqs8h2i.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> References: <87ofk6dnjh.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <20020108063723.GA24052@panix.com> <877kqs8h2i.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0 (Preview Release) Date: 09 Jan 2002 13:56:16 +1130 Message-Id: <1010543177.81109.0.camel@aviion.alfred.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2002-01-09 at 12:40, Ken McGlothlen wrote: > | Bad idea, I think. That message condones spamming the list. It says you can > | spam, and it costs $100. The optional last sentence shows what you get for > | your money. > > No, it doesn't cost $100. It costs $100 multiplied by the number of > subscribers. Or more. I'm not stuck on $100---$1000, $10K, whatever. D'you seriously think that a spammer is going to /pay/ the FreeBSD Foundation money for the privilege of spamming? As if they'd pay up! > | I don't want to be an a list that sells advertising. > > Think of it as a way for the FreeBSD Foundation to get more funding for the > spam it's already besieged with. That's all well and good, but it doesn't get rid of the problem. Let's suppose that spammers actually pay. Are we without the inconvenience of the unwanted advertising? Nup. 'Nuf said. - andrew -- Andrew J. Reid "Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem andrew.reid@plug.cx mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane +61 401 946 813 mittam" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message