NONE: email or quality information?
email or quality information?
S. Finer (xerxes_at_clark.net)
Sat, 6 Jul 1996 12:16:57 -0400 (EDT)
I am very bored with the current thread, and hope it dies soon. It is the
least valuable set of messages I have had this week,....my definition of
junk.
This list is about advertising, right? But some people who
practice one form of advertising keep trying to intimidate others into not
using a form that they object to. This type of conduct is hatefully
undemocratic.
There is misinformation in Walt's last message that I simply cannot let
stand.
On Sat, 6 Jul 1996, Walt Boyes wrote:
> Donna Dolezal Zelzer wrote:
> >
> >
> > The less than a second depends.. on the length of the message and on the
> > speed of your modem/connection. A message that takes a second at 28.8 is
> > going to take somewhat longer at 2400. Multiply that by how many you get a
> > month and it can add up in time. And if you don't have a flat rate provider
> > that time could add up in money, as well.
>
>
> Untargeted bulk email, better known as "spam" should not be done at all.
> Many people have been arguing that it isn't as bad as paper junk mail, or
> that it only takes a second to delete it, or that we permit paper junk
> mail so what's the difference.
>
> There are significant differences, IMHO.
>
> 1. Most people are charged for their connection based on time.
In the US this is not true.....most people have access to flat-rate access
if they want it.
Even
> those people whose connect-time is "unlimited" are actually being charged
> based on their ISP's charged connect time to the telephone network.
> Imagine what the "unlimited" rate might be if the telephone companies
> decided to raise the connection charges to ISP's based on increased
> traffic. Now imagine how many people would send large numbers of spam
> email messages if it wasn't vigorously contended with.
This is mythic. People who slander email advertising always claim that it
is only they who stand between consumers and armageddon. BALDERDASH!
Their yelping has no effect whatever. The next time anyone hears this
boasting nonsense, ask them to display their proof.
