[Gllug] Paying to send email..
Bernard Peek
bap at shrdlu.com
Mon Feb 6 17:31:02 UTC 2006
In message <446f9a7b0602060527i17a5fdf8r at mail.gmail.com>, "Dan Stevens
(IAmAI)" <dan.stevens.iamai at gmail.com> writes
>> This is all true, though I suspect that the big spammers won't bite - they
>> send out millions of their emails because the marginal cost is all but
>> zero. If the marginal cost is even 0.25c then it becomes less sensible -
>> particularly given the dismal quality of most spams anyway.
>
>The whole idea is so pointless and paradoxical, it's boggling my mind!
>AOL/Yahoo claim/appear to have invented this idea because spam is a
>problem.
I don't see any mention of what will happen when someone using the
system gets zombified and sends half a trillion messages.
--
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.
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