On 9/7/05, Evan Lavelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At the client? I've already got spam software here. This problem needs > to be handled by the list, not by the client.
Yes, I agree. It is grossly irresponsible to just assume that spam fixes itself entirely at the client. 45% of global network traffic is spam, and it takes resources to route all that traffic. Resources that takes energy to power. Resources that could be better devoted towards routing real traffic. Resources that cost ISPs some $20,000 or more PER MONTH. Imagine purchasing a DS3 circuit from your local ISP, only to get some 20Mbps usable throughput on an otherwise 45Mbps link. That's one awfully expensive pair of 10-base-T ethernet cables. Or, to bring things a bit closer to home, investing in a RONJA, and getting only 3 to 4Mbps usable data throughput because the rest is taken up by spam. What a waste. Stop spam at the source, not at the destination. -- Samuel A. Falvo II
