... not only does it cost usually very little to receive these messages ...
even if i granted to a third party the right to determine the value of my time, which i don't, the fact is that an hour or more of my time per day is too high a price to pay "to receive these messages", by _any_ standard. to understand the scale, here's what came in during my trip home tonight. 456 05/03 "Big Brother" Protect your family on the Internet<<<HTML> <BOD 457 05/03 "Big Brother" Protect your family on the Internet<<<HTML> <BOD 458 05/03 "Big Brother" Protect your family on the Internet<<<HTML> <BOD 459 05/03 "Big Brother" Protect your family on the Internet<<<HTML> <BOD 460 05/04 FreeSampleCenter Win $20,000! Win $20,000 to RENOVATE your Home!< 463 05/04 my_own_business20 If a 15 year old boy can earn $71,000 in just a 464 05/03 "mike" YOUR HEALTH zNAUiqxgEx<<This is a multi-part mes 465 05/03 National Financia InvestorFacts: NasdaqNM: DSSI -Data Systems and 466 05/02 "Pamila Binkley" don't Pay another monthly Bill until you read th 469 05/04 Tax.Relief@isc.or Large Annual Tax Savings!<<<html> <head> <title> remember, it would be ~4X higher without filtering, according to my syslogs.