Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 05:14:50 +0100 From: Per Tore Larsen <per.tore.larsen@fernonorden.com> To: 'Chris Hill' <chris@monochrome.org>, "Freebsd-Questions (E-post)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: SPAM? (was Re: Antisniffer measures (digest of posts)) Message-ID: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E09F8AB@fernonorden.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hill [mailto:chris@monochrome.org] > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 5:05 AM > To: Bill Moran > Cc: randy // fBSD; Christopher Farley; questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: SPAM? (was Re: Antisniffer measures (digest of posts)) > > > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Bill Moran wrote: > > > randy // fBSD wrote: > > > > > > On 1/18/01, Christopher Farley wrote: > > > > > > > Bill Moran (wmoran@mail.iowna.com) wrote: > > > > > > > > > Am I stupid or did the questions@ list just get spammed? > > > > > > > > It happens all the time. No anti-spam measure is 100% effective. > > > What I hate is that nothing is done about it. I used to make a > > regular investigation/complaint of every single piece of spam I got > > (It took me about an hour a day) for several months before > I got sick > > of it. > > I did too, but eventually I ran out of time and motivation. I just > couldn't keep up, and had other things to do. > > > I just can't believe that anyone actually responds to this > junk mail to > > make it worth sending to begin with! > > Why do people respond at all? Most people on this planet are not the > sharpest knife in the drawer, if you know what I mean. (Look at > Microsoft's sales figures.) > > Bear in mind that in the world of postal junk mail, a response rate of > 1.5 to 2 percent is considered phenomenal. I know this is > true, 'cause I > read it on the net :^) Postal mail actually costs the sender > money and > ultimately is traceable, but email is practically free and > provides ways > for the spammer to conceal its identity. It seems that if > they get only > a couple of sales, then the campaign becomes "worthwhile" to them. > > Sad but true. > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > ** [ Busy expunging <-> ] > Not to defend spam (I hate spam) but we also need to consider the fact that the internet is the only way to express your self without any kind of censorship. If we say yes to stop spam we also say yes to the goverment to read all our email to check if it is spam. The fact is that we MUST accept spam to keep the internet free from goverment abuse. Yes, I know that the US is keeping Echolon etc but the fact is that they are not publicly accepted. I know this is a very extreme look at spam and censorship, but by saying yes to one thing, makes the next step even easier for the goverment. Internet may be tormentet by junk/sex/whatever but it's the ultimate freedom of speech. Lets keep it that way. PeTe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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