Back in the days before the internet became so accessible to us common folk,
companies like Prodigy and Compuserve gave people an email allowance. Any
email after that was charged to the account. Is that totally impractical with today's
technology? Some companies charged by bandwidth used, which some do even
now for web sites. Why would that not be feasible?
Would the internet get more expensive. For some. But is it really fair for someone
with a $69 DSL account to dump 1,000,000,000 emails on some other person's
hardware and also have another person have to deal with the cleanup when mail
bounces to the non-existent account?
Cheap access, free accounts, anonymity is the problem. Why do free email
accounts exist? Even a small amount of money passing through hands gives a
modicum of accountability. That alone could eliminate over 50% of SPAM.
China's screaming because so many people block the whole country, but very few of
us are willing to go up against someone like YAHOO and just block them when we all
know darned good and well that a bunch of spam would stop. What is it with us?
How many of you are dependent on YAHOO? Most of us were running lists before
YAHOO ever got into the picture (and perhaps after they're gone). Yahoo is nothing
but a pain in the butt yet everyone treats it like it's some sort of sacred cow.
Here in Indiana we have a state wide do not call list. I cannot tell you what a relief it
has been to finally feel like my phone that I pay for is for my use again and not be at
the beck and call of every freakin' telemarketer that felt it was their right to intrude at
their convenience. I would like to have that for my email as well and reclaim the hour
or two everyday that is spent dealing with that intrusion.
Amy Stinson
Listhost.com
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