[69673] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Lazy network operators - NOT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lou Katz)
Sun Apr 18 14:34:15 2004
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 11:33:25 -0700
From: Lou Katz <lou@metron.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4082C289.000001.01676@DOGPILE>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 02:01:45PM -0400, Jerry Eyers wrote:
>
> >Spamming is pervasive mainly due to the inattention or failure to enforce
> >acceptable use policies by the service provider.
>
> I must point out that this statement is just flat wrong.
>
> Spamming exists because spamming works. Why do spammers send
> out millions of emails? Because thousands of people click, look at, and
> subscribe to services and products being spewed by the spammers.
>
> If spamming didn't sell products, spamming would die off. We must
> educate the users to not do anything with spam but delete it. As from
> the sucess of infomercials on television shows, that won't happen
> anytime soon.
>
I think you are 'right on'. I offer this observation, first
triggered by a third-hand report from some sociologists:
A while back, I was getting frequent spams for breast enlargement and
the like, along with some penis-related products. The breast related
spam has totally vanished today, but viagra/penis spam is arriving
continuously. The sociologist had noted that some societal trends and
indicators could be read by looking at what is being offered. Apparently
the market for breast-related products in the world of spam-receivers
just wasn't there, so spamming for breasts seems to have ceased.
> Jerry
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