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Re: Can anaything be done about "#1 BULK EMAIL LOADER IN THE COUNTRY" ???

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From: Stan Brown
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 00:00
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Skrev sjsobol@nacs.net (Steve Sobol) i brevet 
<54rf44$efs@tracy.nacs.net>:
>Dennis Iannicca (drsoran@nacs.net) wrote:
>
>: 	I just wish if they're going to advertise they at LEAST pick
>: better demographics... why I'm getting junk e-mail for baldness remedies
>: is beyond me.  And the moneyworld crap!  Geez.. EVERYONE gets those
>: whether they want them or not.  Target it at investment bankers or
>: something.. send me motherboard and CPU prices if you're going to send me
>
>But snail-junkmail costs the sender, therefore they will be more selective
>in order to save money. We have to find an appropriate way of billing 
>senders of junk e-mail.

It's hard to see how that could be done without also charging for "good" 
emails like the ones I send!

Less frivolously, it's hard to see how the pricing structure could work 
uless it were applied at the backbone level -- in which case I think we 
would see the end of flat $20/month rates because small ISPs would get 
hit hardest.

-- 

Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cleveland, Ohio USA
email: stbrown@nacs.net               Web: http://www.nacs.net/~stbrown/
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From: stbrown@nacs.net (Stan Brown)
Subject: Re: Can anaything be done about  "#1 BULK EMAIL LOADER IN THE COUNTRY"  ???
Date: 1996/10/25
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