RE: [Asrg] Re: Spam, defined, and permissions, and SICS

["Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan at verisign.com>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: asrg-bounces at ietf.org [mailto:asrg-bounces at ietf.org]On Behalf Of
> Devdas Bhagat
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:10 AM
> To: asrg at ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [Asrg] Re: Spam, defined, and permissions, and SICS
> 
> 
> On 03/01/05 01:07 +0000, gep2 at terabites.com wrote:
> > >> First off, if the E-mail is stored at the recipient end (where it
> > > makes sense to keep it, and process it, since that's 
> where the bulk
> > > of the processing and storage resources are),
> > 
> > > Then it has already consumed last-mile bandwidth, 
> > 
> > True enough.
> > 
> > > ...which can be the most expensive part of the process, 
> > 
> > Well, in some cases, yes.  I'd argue that the most expensive part of
> > the process is the time of the recipient, having to deal 
> with the spam.
> 
> Hint: Spam is a global problem. The recipient's time might be 
> expensive
> in the USA, but it sure isn't expensive in India. On the other hand,
> bandwidth is far more expensive. When your average recipient makes 200
> USD/month, and the cost of recieving spam is half that for significant
> spam volumes, the fiscal mathematics suddenly leverages in favour of 
> stopping the spam at the edge.
> 
> Devdas Bhagat
> 
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