Re: [Asrg] Spam, defined, and permissions

> > push the message storage to the user end (where it probably ought to be) 
> Why is that?
1)  Scaleability.  There is far more aggregate processing power and aggregate 
disk space available within the user community to store messages than within 
any 
of the ISPs own data centers.

2)  Cost.  Both disk space and CPU cycles are probably cheaper at most end-user 
machines, too... most users probably have cheap(er) IDE disk drives, while many 
ISPs could be using RAID arrays or (more likely) mirrored SCSI drives, which 
are 
generally more expensive per gig than end-user stuff is.  By the same token, 
high-end high-performance server systems usually cost more per CPU cycle than 
cheaper end-user-grade stuff does.  So not only is it CHEAPER in total for 
storage and processing at the user end, but user=end processing is INFINITELY 
easier from the ISP perspective, since it's then the user's pocketbook paying 
for it. 

3)  Responsibility.  Once the message is handed off to the destination user, 
the 
ISP no longer has to worry about it.  If they hang onto it, they have to still 
worry about backups, possible restoration, improper access, loss due to system 
crashes, fire, natural disasters, intrustion, etc etc.

4)  Control.  Once the user has picked up their E-mail, what they do with it 
after that is THEIR OWN choice, and the ISP simply isn't involved.  The user 
can 
process, store, delete, reroute, or whatever else they want... and if they want 
to let 200Gb of mail stack up in their Inbox, because that style suits them, 
they can do so.  The ISP doesn't have to care anymore.

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