Re: [Asrg] Anti-spam laws do work, FYI. There's proof.

[Barry Shein <bzs at world.std.com>]

On August 1, 2004 at 01:26 rogerk at queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese) wrote:
 > Walter Dnes wrote:
 > >   - their mailspools overflowing and servers crashing
 > >   - being forced to buy such huge DASD farms and powerful mailservers
 > >     that they price themselves out of the market paying for them.
 > 
 > You realize, don't you, that they'll need more powerful systems if they 
 > filter than if they don't?

That depends on the nature of the filtering, dropping an smtp
connection at the accept() is pretty lightweight.

And CPU speed is cheaper than disk or network throughput.

I don't think you can assert this in the abstract.

 > And have you priced disk storage lately?

Have you lately tried to explain to a 56kb dial-up user what to do
about their 1GB mailbox?


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