Re: [Asrg] MTP drafty
Brad Templeton <brad@templetons.com> Wed, 05 March 2003 03:50 UTC
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From: Brad Templeton <brad@templetons.com>
To: Alan DeKok <aland@freeradius.org>
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Subject: Re: [Asrg] MTP drafty
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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 19:49:49 -0800
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 04:34:26PM -0500, Alan DeKok wrote: > If the "solutions" to spam involve still allowing spammers to > overwhelm some people, then those solutions will just get you cursed > by the guy who's *still* getting spammed, when everyone else things > that the problem has gone away. We want to do the best job we can, but no better. Our just systems are all designed to let 10 murderers go free to avoid punishing one innocent person, and likewise our solution to spam. It must let some spam through, or it is doing too "good" a job. Still, we wil do what we can. The plus side is that if you could cut spam by 3 orders of magnitude (which means I get 2 a week, btw) you do something else to the economics of spam, namely make it 1000 times less effective, which puts a dent even in the "I can send a million and if I get 5 responses I still do OK" logic of the spammer. Now he has to send a billion to get 5 responses, and that's not practical any more. > > Sure. But if they all spammed and you could get off right away, > > how bad would it be? > > Bad. That's what's happening today, and it doesn't help. Really? In spite of all the spam I get, I have only gotten one overzelous mailing from a company I bought from (X10, before they started the popup ad campaign), and in spite of giving out hundreds of different email addresses (I use a different one each time) to tons of companies and web sites I have done business with, I have only seen _one_ suspected case of somebody handing my email off to another party. I have seen similar reports from other people. So I would like to hear of your reports that say the opposite. Have there been any studies? Yes, I have gotten mail from companies I dealt with, without a single exception, they have offered a working means to get me off the mailing lists. I've gotten more phone calls, and they are much more annoying. This is a non-problem. Certainly not enough of one that we would cripple or even consider redesigning e-mail to deal with it. > > It's 10,000 companies in the world versus little old me. They can > exchange information, and all decide to spam me. They have the > resources to send massive amounts of spam, and to deal with any > technical or legal ramifications. Under the definition I propose, they can't trade mailing addresses, unless you consent to this. > > > > The fact that they want to "help" you by selling you a product is > irrelevant. I simply have seen no evidence of a problem here, and I get a lot of spam and do a lot of buying online. We should all want to see a real study showing more than anecdotal evidence, before making any moves in this direction. _______________________________________________ Asrg mailing list Asrg@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/asrg
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