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Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail
From: Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:27:55 -0500
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. -JP "<snip> give up essential liberties for temporary safety <snip>" - Benjamin Franklin (kind of) _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Richard M. Smith (Feb 04)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Drsolly (Feb 05)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Feb 06)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Nick FitzGerald (Feb 06)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 07)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Drsolly (Feb 06)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Dude VanWinkle (Feb 07)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Drsolly (Feb 07)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Dude VanWinkle (Feb 07)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Drsolly (Feb 07)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 07)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Drsolly (Feb 07)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 07)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Drsolly (Feb 08)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Richard Cox (Feb 08)
- RE: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Larry Seltzer (Feb 08)
- RE: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Drsolly (Feb 08)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail der Mouse (Feb 08)
- RE: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Larry Seltzer (Feb 08)
- Re: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail Nick FitzGerald (Feb 06)