Re: False positives (was Re: [Asrg] Re: RMX Records)

Matt Sergeant <msergeant@startechgroup.co.uk> Wed, 05 March 2003 14:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: False positives (was Re: [Asrg] Re: RMX Records)
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Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 14:26:06 +0000

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, David F. Skoll wrote:

> Spam does not really cost ISP's anything except bandwidth and storage.
> They don't care (nor should they) if their end-users are less productive;
> that's a worry only for companies.

I hope only someone who has never worked at an ISP would ever say this. 

Spam costs ISPs a lot in admin time, and there are lots of hidden costs 
of spam at an ISP that are very tricky to account for.

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