Re: Spammers and web hosting
by "Alan Herrell" <lemurs(at)extremezone.com>
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Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:03:29 -0700 |
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"Scott Piegdon" <scott(at)hyperwebdesign.com>, <hwg-business(at)hwg.org> |
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READ MY LIPS!!!!!!
UNSOLICITED E-MAIL
> If you actually sit down and think about it, there is absolutely
nothing
> wrong with Spam! The simple concept of direct mail has been going on for
> years.
My name is not Occupant, Resident, Homeowner, etc>
You have the simple part down cold. Any moron can do it.
====================You sign up for something, =================
YOU SIGN UP FOR IT!!! pay real close attention here
(you will see this material again)
and next thing you know you are getting a
> mail box full of creative flyers, brochures and postcards. Do you ever
once
> stop to think of how many trees it takes 1,000 business to produce a
100,000
> recipient direct postal mailing?
and why do you think so many of us make a living producing websites
the concept here is no paper
Now look at the dreaded "Spam" It takes a matter of
> a couple seconds to click the send button, maybe a couple minutes to send
> those100,000,000 flyers. Now each recipient, has the choicen to read it
or
> throw it away?
If you dont CHOOSE to recieve it why should my mail box be a place to send
your crap?
If they choose to throw it away, where is the waste? Where
> is the expense?
Can You understand disk access?
can you understand invalid email addresses?
can you understand mailer daemon Undeliverable Fatal Errors?
can you understand small mailboxes
can you understand that UNSOLICITED E-MAIL is spam and just about every
respectable ISP and Company has
an email adress called abuse(at)yourprovider.com
The Internet was formed, to allow people to communicate
> more effectively, and I feel not only did it do that, but it can be a
> tremendous resource for our future!
yep and without spam!!!
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