[Mailman-Developers] AOL's requirements for spam
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Brad Knowles
brad.knowles at skynet.be
Fri Jan 30 08:04:14 EST 2004
At 11:19 PM -0800 2004/01/29, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> With the exception of network traffic, it's actually pretty trivial
> stuff.
Uh, no. Not just "no", but "Hell, no!"
Increased network traffic is one cost, yes. But there are plenty
of other additional costs as well, some of which are considerably
more important.
>> (zero cognitive
>> benefit, plenty of headache). Just because computers are faster
>>now does not
>> mean that resources are suddenly free (as in beer).
>
> you might be surprised. Lots of benefit, no headaches.
And you might be surprised. Lots of benefit for the users, yes.
Lots of cost on the system, also.
> chuq (guess what I do for a living?)
I know what you do for a living, and I know that you know what I
have done for a living.
The issue is not as simple as you make it out to be.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles at skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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