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Re: [anti-spam-wg@localhost] AOL raffles off a spammers siezedporsche..

  • From: Walter Ian Kaye < >
  • Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 03:55:07 -0800

At 12:12p +0100 03/30/2004, Anthony Edwards didst inscribe upon an electronic papyrus:

On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 12:12:40PM +0200, Mally Mclane wrote:
 >
 > a novel approach to hitting spammers where it hurts...
 >
 > -mally
 >
 > ///
 >
 > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3581435.stm

But one that could be counter-productive, as it may encourage folks
who would not otherwise have thought of spamming as a "career" to
consider it as a "business opportunity".
Yeah. Bad idea to make spamming look like a profitable occupation.
Spammers are dishonorable thieves, and should be shown in that light.


-boo
 who wishes for a way to filter out pharmaceutical and meat ads from the telly
 (where on earth is actual *targeted* advertising, anyway? 21st century...)




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