RE: FWD (SPAM) Solve your woman problems forever

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Tue Jul 15 2003 - 13:56:39 MDT

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    Benoit wrote:
    > On Tuesday 15 July 2003 20:51, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
    >
    >>> If my ISP starts to charge even one extra eurocent per mail i'll be
    >>> reluctant and feel less free to send emails to anyone.
    >>
    >> ### But why do keep thinking about the ISP levying charges - it's
    >> you, not the service provider, who is supposed to charge people for
    >> receiving their email.
    >
    > That is unacceptable as well. I don't really understand on which
    > basis i should start charging some people to read their email and not
    > others.

    ### I think that Mike Lorrey addressed your concerns very well, let me just
    add: if you feel there is no basis for differentiating between friends and
    spammers in your email reading habits, you might hardly have a need for
    protection from spam. I however feel differently.

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    Af for spammers can always hide behind the appearance of a
    > new correspondent contacting me for any reason.

    ### No, they can't, or else they will have to pay you, right?

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    And like my
    > judeo-christian culture taught me, better let a guilty escape [my
    > spam filter] than kill an innocent [genuine email].

    ### I don't have much credence in Judeo-Christian aphorisms.

    Rafal



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