Re: You'll never know until you try.

Tim Browning wrote: > > Jamie Andrews wrote: > > > > In article <3276474B.12A3@lmco.com>, Jim Melton <jim.melton@lmco.com> wrote: > > >4) Learn how do delete messages that tick you off. The best way to deal > > > with a pest is to ignore him. Especially in the case of SPAM, since > > > the pest is already long gone. > > > > This is certainly wrong. The Internet is built on the > > assumption that no one will use up an inordinate amount of the > > resources of the system without providing content. Spammers > > exploit this assumption, and use up network resources for their > > own financial gain. We must move as strongly and quickly as > > possible against all spammers we see, particularly on the > > technical newsgroups. > > > > Please do write to the postmasters of the guilty parties. > > And if you are interested in getting more deeply into this, > > check out the news.admin newsgroup hierarchy -- it is undergoing > > some reorganization but is the best resource for finding out > > about fighting abuse of the Net. > > > > I think there is another version of this problem on a much older > network: telemarketing via telephones. I wonder if the internet is > becoming a utility like the telephone? hmmmmmmm... > > Tim > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Browning Voice: 770-594-7799 ext. 8353 > Consultec, Inc. Fax: 770-410-0700 > 9040 Roswell Road, E-mail: tim.browning@consultec-inc.com > Suite 700 timprobe@mindspring.com > Atlanta, GA 30350 > USA > --------------------------------------------------------------- No, this is worse. In telemarketing you have one phone call to reach one person. Here, one post reaches thousands, so it's a lot easier to abuse. It's also my understanding that there are Internet providers in other countries that bill you by byte (if you use their server for e-mail, news, etc.) so the receiver in this case is paying for their nuisance. Hmmmm? Does this make them liable? In a phone call the telemarketer is paying, they're just taking up your time.