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1998-03-20 - Re: Does Spamming Really Exist? / Re: Will New Sendmail Block Remailers?

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From: David Scheidt <david@infocom.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-03-20 22:06:36 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:06:36 -0800 (PST)

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From: David Scheidt <david@infocom.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:06:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Does Spamming Really Exist? / Re: Will New Sendmail Block Remailers?
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On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, TruthMonger wrote:

> Spamming is an 'imaginary' felony, as are anonymity and encryption.

Spamming is theft of services, sir.  I am forced to pay for a "service"
that I did not request.  I, and everyone else, pays for spam either
directly in connect time, or because my ISP wastes bandwidth handling the
stuff.  I am not that much bothered by that it is advertising, or pure
junk, but that I pay for it.

> > To really beat spamming we probably need filters that only allow messages
> > from inside our web of trust. Don't you agree?

Make people bear the true cost of spam, and it will stop.

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