http://www.msnbc.com/news/940490.asp
probably the best article I've read to-date that tells lays out the spam
business model. in short: it starts with a spammer who then sells a lead
to N layers of resellers and finally the lead lands, guess where: big
companies that we all know, who in and of themselves probably don't know
they are supporting spamming.
excellent writeup. don't miss it.
Paul: I think it would be valuable in the understanding phase,
possiblly section 2, to have a section linking to various articles that
talk about the economics of spam. Ultimately this is the root cause of
the entire spam problem and I don't think an R&D effort will be complete
without this rudimentary information.
Peter Kay, President
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