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Originally posted by candidpublishinginc
Instead of trying to fight spam, why not just ignore it by setting up mail filters so you never see it again?
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The problem is this - I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but last month AT&T reported that something like 30% of it's total network traffic was Spam related. The spammers aren't paying for that. The backbone companies and the people who buy bandwidth (us) are..
Spammers are the scum of the earth, and I would fully support executions as punishment. They're just thieves like any other.
If I haven't made this clear enough for all of you people comparing spam to junk mail, I will now:
Bulk snail mail is payed for by the sender. And in fact, it makes up the bulk of revenue for the USPS. That's why stamp prices aren't higher. It's legit, if annoying.
Spam is payed for by the open relays they bounce it off, and every SMTP server that recieves it. It is in fact theft of services, and as of now it's causing serious network congestion. It will be stopped, and under a couple states existing laws, spammers can now be sued for each unsolicitied email.
If you bury your head in the sand, soon the sand will bury you.
Cheers,
Backov