Re: False positives (was Re: [Asrg] Re: RMX Records)

[Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>]

> >> A spammer wishing to
> >>  send out hundreds of thousands of messages would end up paying hundreds
> >>  dollars each time.
> >
> >snail mail spammers routinely pay considerably larger sums.  why wouldn't
> >they do this for email?
> 
> I believe the snail mail adverts are generally targeted toward some 
> groups and not others. They are geography-bounded. And the response 
> rates are higher.

mostly true.  but it's still annoying, and there's still a lot of it.  frankly
I don't see the point in raising the cost of spam if the only result is to
change who is doing the spamming.  especially if it makes it more expensive
for someone to send me mail that I want to receive as a side-effect.
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