Ted This is the second attempt to send this since the first was rejected somewhere I will only dig into if this also fails - but with less equanimity.
Actually, I'll try to disguise the word "sp*m" and its derivatives in order to see if that is the cause of the "barf". - Comment is embedded. Chris Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted MacNEIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 17 January, 2007 5:16 PM Subject: Re: Mainframe vs. "Server" (Was Just another example of mainframe costs.) > ... > Of course, I don't understand the mind-set of these malicious people, and most sp*mmers. > What purpose, other than being a nuisance, does most sp*m serve? I would say that *all* sp*mmers want to sell you something, even if for some it's salvation. As for what purpose most sp*m serves, it's only immense irritation, as you observe. However, you use the word "most". The "business model" is in the (very) small residue who actually "bite", so 1 in a million of a thousand million is good business. Or so I hear. I do my best not even to be offered any tempting bait and mostly - with the help of my ISP - it works. Chris Mason ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
