sarettah, the problem is, if I don't want spam, I have to spend money. Spammers can occupy my mail, my time, and my computer equipment without permission, and i have to pay to get rid of them.
Is it right that AOL (who isn't getting paid by spammers) has to increase the size of their mail network to handle spam? Is it right that someone dialing up to the net to get their mail might have to spend 10 - 15 extra minutes on line because it takes so long to download spam? It is right that people can't accept mail because their ISP has to limit size of the mailbox, and it is full of spam?
When email spam is subject to the same legal restrictions as regular delivered mail, and spammers start paying by the piece to be able to deliver that mail, then the discussion has some merit. Up until that point, spammers are just making the rest of us pay for their marketing campaigns... not a really acceptable situation, overall.
Alex
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