[Gllug] Paying to send email..

[Paul Rayner]

On 9 Feb 2006, at 10:21, Dan Stevens (IAmAI) wrote:

>> I used to have a boss that would happily respond to spam.  I am so
>> glad I don't work there now - and in fact - it looks like the company
>> doesn't even exist any more.  One down, several miliion to go.
>
> Why don't we charge (fine) the people that respond to spam - that'll
> stop them :D

If *everyone* responded to spam, that might actually have more of an 
impact. At present, $spammer sends out 10 million emails. If 1 million 
get through, and one person responds, it's worth his while. If (s)he 
gets 10,000 responses, 9,999 of which are people trying to waste his 
time back, (s)he will be overloaded with, er, spam!

Sadly, there is a flaw - it would become an easy way to DDOS someone - 
send spam with their contact details in it and they'd get a load of 
replies, all from valid domains etc.

I believe some Register readers reply to 419 scammers with increasingly 
more ridiculous stories as a hobby.
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Paul Rayner
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