Hello -
On 7/17/01 10:44 PM, "Cerebus The Aardvark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Who's checking the number of mailboxes? And what does the number of
> mailboxes have to do with volume? I have some mailboxes that get 2-3
> emails A YEAR in them, and other's that get 1,000 a day. How does it
> make sense to charge by email accounts?
Very true!!!
> It would make more sense to charge by queries. For example, 1,000
> queries/month or less = free. 1,001 - 10,000 = x$ 10,001-100,000 =
> y$ 100,000-300,000= z$, etc. etc.
Good idea, except that spam attacks would become costly - and therefore more
effective.
> If Maps goes away, which it appears it might, it will be a huge
> (temporary) victory for spammers, but in the long run it might be a
> good thing.
As far as I can tell, this will have minor impact on the spamming industry.
Directly, that is. The *news* of Maps going away would fuel more spam-sell
gibberish to invigorate the spamming industry.
> More spam means more people pissed off, and more people
> pissed off is a good way to get things done.
For years people have tolerated stacks of catalogs arriving at their homes,
massive billboards cluttering the skyline, brand names stuck all over their
clothing and therefore themselves, and sugar cereals sold to their kids as
they watch tv. While I detest spam to the point of spending hours every day
working over our filters, I am pleased to see people reacting to spam by
trying to stop certain other forms of advertising as well.
> I can envision having a mailserver that has "Whitelists" where if you
> are noit on the whitelist, your mail is bounced. I already
> blacklisted China and I am very close from trying to figure out how
> to blacklist the entire Pacific rim since most of the spam seems to
> be coming from Japan, Korea, Singapore, and other pacific rim
> countries.
Unfortunately, this option is not open to me.
I would *love* to see multiple wildcards in router addresses!
Another idea, though somewhat more involved, would be to scan all headers -
including subject line - allowing the connection to be terminated mid-stream
based on an expanded set of filtering rules.
All ISPs who are so inclined should have the ability to effectively block
spam. Then people wouldn't have to be bothered by the stuff, and good ISPs
could differentiate themselves more easily.
Daniel
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