> The *entire* problem with spam is cost-shifting from the >spammer to the user.
Entire? I can speak only for myself here of course, but cost shifting isn't the aspect of spam that I find the most interesting, or troubling. Imho, spam itself is a quite minor problem, when compared to a world full of human tragedy. Only the luckiest, richest people on Earth have a spam problem. A larger group doesn't have email, or even enough to eat. But the overall spam phenomena can be seen as an important test of whether the most priviledged and educated people on the planet can organize themselves to successfully manage a shared global resource. 95% of people anywhere are basically decent. The other 5% aren't. Can the 95% get their act together enough to prevent the 5% from ruining everything for everybody? Civilization? Or chaos? Spam can be seen as a relatively harmless laboratory experiment of this equation. If we can actually end the spam era, we will have provided an example full of hope to other more important issues. Because spam involves the interaction of a large group of human beings it can be interesting on many levels. Phil _______________________________________________ spamcon-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.spamcon.org/mailman/listinfo/spamcon-general#subscribers Subscribe, unsubscribe, etc: Use the URL above or send "help" in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
