Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote:

> On 2/7/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > Actually, <snip> you <snip> pay for your <snip> really important <snip> spam.<snip>
>
> Not to mince (your) words, but thats exactly what I am saying the problem is.
>
> > A million paid subscribers, and 100,000 of those give <snip> $1000 <snip> to ensure that
> > their email doesn't get blocked.
>
> Now thats just draconian IMO, very harsh Dr Solly, but a good way to
> make a lot of money. We just need to make sure you dont scare off the
> users. We also need to make sure email remains a viable method for
> advertising to and annoying people over vast distances cheaply.
>
> > the ISP is <snip> planning to <snip> users
>
> What are they doing to their users? I want in!
>
> > it can be extremely annoying to <snip> require <snip> 1c to ensure that the <snip> way
> > for AOL/Yahoo to contnue to deliver <snip> their users, <snip>s<snip>pa<snip>m<snip>
>
> You raise a good question, will AOL pay AOL to deliver its own spam?
> Can Yahoo use an ORBL so big, that they themselves cannot bypass it?
> There are all valid questions, but I am afraid the gods of email will
> just have to answer that for themselves. Me? I am going back to the
> telegraph.

If you're going to snip, cut and paste my words so that you make it look 
like I'm saying the opposite of what I said, then you haven't understood 
the purpose of quoting an email you reply to.


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