At 03:35 AM 8/23/96 +0000, Vipul Ved Prakash wrote:
This is peculiar. Nobody seems to mind ads in Newspapers, printed magazines, TV, and for that matter web sites. That is unwanted stuff
I'd suggest that most/all of us 'mind' ads in papers, tv, etc. The difference is that while we can do nothing about commercials on TV (short of breaking federal law and jamming the signal) we can do something about spam. If there is enough concensus we can develop/distribute/encourage the use of new mailers that will help defeat spam. For example: If mail comes into a server that has more than 25 recipients then it is only forwarded to those who have "signed up" for that sender. When we subscribe to Cypherpunks we also have to register that with our network of mail servers. Then if Mr. Spam sends stuff out it's not been "signed up" for so it gets trashed. I don't really like mail servers redirecting my mail, but perhaps we could arrive at a reasonable criteria for filtering if we tried real hard. Jim Jim Sewell - jims@tansoft.com Tantalus Incorporated - Key West, FL