Re: [Asrg] Need to know

Scott Nelson <scott@spamwolf.com> Sun, 25 May 2003 06:30 UTC

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Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 23:27:15 -0700

At 12:24 AM 5/25/03 -0400, Yakov Shafranovich wrote:
>At 12:58 PM 5/24/2003 -0700, Scott Nelson wrote:
>
>>Something Jon Kyme said brought a question to my mind; "How much
>>would spam be reduced by limiting the number of recipients to one?"
>>also a related question "What are the effects of limiting the number
>>of recipients to one for non spam email?"
>>I don't think anyone really knows,
>>though doubtless many here could posit very good theories.
>>
>>This begs the question,
>>"What would we need to know, in order to answer those questions?"
>
>Why would limiting number of recipients make a difference? With today's 
>computers and Internet connections cheap, additional SMTP sessions will be 
>initiated just increasing Internet traffic.
>

That's an interesting theory you've posited.
How, I wonder, could we prove it?

Scott Nelson <scott@spamwolf.com>
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