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Subject: Re: [Fwd: EFF Mailing List Query]
From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk @ queernet . org>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:54:00 -0800
To: Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui @ plaidworks . com>
Cc: "Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <amitchell @ habeas . com>,list-managers @ greatcircle . com
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Chuq Von Rospach wrote:

>
> so why is it that I get almost no spam to my earthlink account and I 
> don't see continuing, loud, unhappy noises like this from earthlink 
> users? They're not AS big as AOL, but they're big enough that the 
> scaling issues simply aren't that important.


Two reasons.

1) Luck coupled with scale.  I *do* get spam at my Earthlink account, 
but not nearly as much...

2) AOL has a concept of being visible online in the service.  Much AOL 
harvesting is done by collecting screenames from chat rooms.





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