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

David A. Ulevitch davidu at everydns.net
Fri Jul 25 09:13:40 CDT 2003


<quote who="Frank">
> 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.

So you associate with morally (cur|bank)rupt persons?

Thanks for the heads up.

-davidu
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