Hello Allie, On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 07:45:58 -0500 GMT (25/12/2004, 19:45 +0700 GMT), Allie Martin wrote:
AM> OTOH, GMail offers a service, and offerings like that on a mass scale, AM> are never charitable. They make money. In this case it's from AM> advertising and parsing of the mail of their subscribers. The exact point. The subscriber has agreed to this, the innocent sender of an email to the subscriber hasn't. Let's assume they parse only outgoing email (I don't believe that, but let's just play with this idea). The outgoing email will often contains parts or all of the original incoming email... AM> In your ISP's case, it's from direct monetary payment from you and AM> their other customers. That's why I suggest using ISPs or email providers who either directly charge money for their service (my choice), or add random ads. -- Cheers, Thomas. Xerox: "The Original Copycats" Message reply created with The Bat! 3.0.2.4 Rush under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
