> -----Original Message----- > From: Pete McNeil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 8:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Microsoft to whitelist "legitimate" marketers > > > At 07:55 AM 5/5/2004, you wrote: > >What was that Billy G. said about "No spam in 2 years?" > > > >http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/05/technology/msft_spam.reut/ind > ex.htm?cnn=yes > > > >Outrageous... This will be sorely abused. > > This is the same problem I see with all variations on > sender-pays schemes. > Economics will drive control into the hands of the highest > bidder so that > _anyone_ with enough money will be able to justify and even > defend sending > anything to their target audience. > > Control of content must be systemically retained the > recipient or there > will be no saving email. > > My $0.05 > _M > > Pete McNeil (Madscientist) > President, Microneil Research Corporation > Chief SortMonster (www.sortmonster.com)
Thanks to all of you, my SA will still be blocking this highfalutin spam, DCC will still be developing checksums on it and nothing will change for me. I assume rbls will still track the senders? SA takes care of it before Outlook has the first peek. Thanks again folks! Mike Schrauder Specialty Blades, Inc.
