Re: several messages

[David Romerstein <[e-mail]>]

[roughly 37 bajillion To: addresses removed]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Dean Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, David Romerstein wrote:

>> If they don't notice the dropped subscription, I'd say they're not
>> negatively impacted.
>
> Hmm. Wonder if you'd say the same if it was your bank account, or your
> house robbed: "Gee your honor, I waited and waited, and nobody noticed,
> so it must be ok to take his money and possessions."

You do realize that, in this context, your 'argument' makes no sense, 
right?

> The point is that, someday, long after the opportunity to participate
> has passed, they find out they've been dropped.

I'm on many mailing lists. I participate in all of them. I am aware of the 
approximate volume of mail I get from them everyday, at least by orders of 
magnitude. If a list that normally sees 20-30 emails a day doesn't have 
any for a day, I'm likely to start investigating. That may make me 
unusual; based on my experiences blocking spam at A Large ISP several 
years ago, though, I suspect that I am not. People complain to their 
postmasters *vociferously* when expected mail is not received, and that 
shows that those emails have value to them.

-- D
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