Arguing that because spam is a more cost effective form of marketing therefore it's WORSE than snail mail is ridiculous.
The problem with this whole issue is that people who allow "free unrestricted access" to their mailboxes will get things they don't necessarily want. Why is this so hard to understand?????
What would you suggest I do if my house didn't have doors and/or locks and everytime I come home there are strange people in my house doing things that I don't like them to do in there??
Should I go to Home Depot and buy some doors and locks or should I just shake my hand at them and blame them that it's wrong because staying in my home is cheaper than renting a hotel room??
People need to take responsibility for their own email boxes. If you don't like what's in there, then you need to use one of the *many* creative tools for dealing with it. (ie: Cloudmark Spamnet, Spam Arrest... etc, etc..)
People seem to be more upset about spam and the extra time it takes to hit delete than they are about Malicious computer virii.... It doesn't make sense, a computer virus can DAMAGE the data on your hard disk!! Yet people seem to understand that because there are "bad people" out there, they need to scan their files with a virus scanner before they just run them.
Spammers will not go away as long as there is money to be made. The only way to cut off the money is to get people who receive spam smarten up and stop accepting mail from people or companies they don't know or trust.
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