On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 02:01:45PM -0400, Jerry Eyers wrote:
Spamming is pervasive mainly due to the inattention or failure to enforce acceptable use policies by the service provider.
I must point out that this statement is just flat wrong.
Spamming exists because spamming works. Why do spammers send out millions of emails? Because thousands of people click, look at, and subscribe to services and products being spewed by the spammers.
If spamming didn't sell products, spamming would die off. We must educate the users to not do anything with spam but delete it. As from the sucess of infomercials on television shows, that won't happen anytime soon.
I think you are 'right on'. I offer this observation, first triggered by a third-hand report from some sociologists: A while back, I was getting frequent spams for breast enlargement and the like, along with some penis-related products. The breast related spam has totally vanished today, but viagra/penis spam is arriving continuously. The sociologist had noted that some societal trends and indicators could be read by looking at what is being offered. Apparently the market for breast-related products in the world of spam-receivers just wasn't there, so spamming for breasts seems to have ceased.
Jerry -- -=[L]=-