Re: [Asrg] Spam Ecomomics
Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> Fri, 31 December 2004 22:34 UTC
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To: Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com>
Subject: Re: [Asrg] Spam Ecomomics
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On December 31, 2004 at 12:23 sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart) wrote: > To put it more simply: email worms are spam. > > They're sent in bulk. > > They're unsolicited. > > They're email. > > So how would they not be spam? The point is probably academic, but one difference is that even if the email worms weren't sent in bulk they'd be considered a problem. Put another way, there's thus far no form of an email worm which non-insane people would consider acceptable email. That's not true of advertising email. Also, worms don't by their nature carry commercial content, not that an exception would obviate that point. At any rate there would seem to be some taxonomic utility in distinguishing between worms (delivered via email) per se and unsolicited commercial/bulk email in general. If for no other reason than the more we conflate them the more we confuse public dialogue (e.g., the media, legislators, etc.) Consider for example the laws against each (unsolicited advertising vs worms.) -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD The World | Public Access Internet | Since 1989 *oo* _______________________________________________ Asrg mailing list Asrg@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/asrg
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