[thelist] The Spam Argument [long] (was: Hiveware email address encoder)

[Frank]

At 11:50 AM 2003-07-25 +0100, you wrote:
>   Small businesses run on goodwill as much as money. For every customer 
> your friend gains by this method, she's losing dozens. Sooner or later, 
> this is going to take a toll.

You miss the point. Who is the spammer?She, who merely sends the email, or 
They who pay her for it, or They who make it profitable for those who spam? 
She's not losing *any* business, she's fishing. She expects a return of 1 
to 750,000, and loses exactly zero if she pisses people off. Imagine that. 
And if she gets it, she's paid  bonus the company who hired her to begin 
with.... because the spam worked, and someone made it profitable for 
someone to do so.


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