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Re: [Asrg] Summary/outline of why the junk button idea is pre-failed

Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com> Thu, 04 March 2010 18:43 UTC

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On Mar 4, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Barry Shein wrote:

> 
> On March 4, 2010 at 09:16 prussell@nd.edu (Paul Russell) wrote:
>> On 3/4/2010 08:59, Dennis Dayman wrote:
>>> Interesting article
>>> 
>>> http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=123574
>>> 
>> 
>> The author is not interested in reducing or eliminating spam; he simply wants
>> tools to validate his delusion that his spam is not spam.
> 
> I'll reiterate into the mawing abyss: If he's not paying me to deliver
> it, it's spam. Thumbs down.

Then isn't all mail sent to your users spam, by that definition?

Cheers,
  Steve

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