Re: OT: GMail and Spam
From: Sander Vesik (sander_at_haldjas.folklore.ee)
Date: 03/22/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:44:18 +0000 (UTC)
In sci.space.policy Craig Fink <WeBeGood@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The difference between the vast majority of legitimate users and legal and
> illegal spammers is the shear volume of e-mail sent out. There is and
> always will be some cost associated to send an e-mail or spam. Currently,
> it's extremely very small, increasing the cost (money or time) reduces
> profitability. Basic economics.
There is zero cost to me for sending mail as long as the mail sent bandwidth
does not reach the limit of my ADSL connection and such is teh case with
majority of computers that might be used for spam.
[snip]
>
> People pay attention when there is money involve, it's human nature. Rate
> limiting yourself ($$ in an e-mail checking account that should have a
> zero $$ rate loss) allows you to decide what e-mail rate you want. The
> e-mail is still free, unless your account is hijacked, then you've just
> paid for some spammer's spam, and for your own lack of security. Plus, when
> your e-mail sending privileges comes quickly to a screeching halt, your
> going to know your systems has been compromised much sooner.
>
And precicely why do I care about limiting myself? And how are you going to
institutionalise it? The problem with the idea is not just that it is a bad
idea, but that its a bad idea with no chances at all of being acepted or
enforcable in any shape or form.
>
> The article talks about legislation, sender id (anti-spoofing)
> safe-sender list, reputation service, machine learning filters, proof
> systems.
The article is crap written by people who understand neither the
technology nor the problem nor the problem space nor the legal
side of it all.
-- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++
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