I simply mean that when the returns are low enough, spammers will stop. If
spam produces so much noise that people stop using e-mail, that will stop
the spammers.
However, I think that for the vast majority of Internet users, spam is only
a minor nuisance, and they will probably continue to use e-mail with or
without spam.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Thomas" <mat(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com>
To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony(_at_)atkielski(_dot_)com>
Cc: "IETF Discussion" <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 22:56
Subject: Re: spam
Anthony Atkielski writes:
> Noel writes:
>
> > It *better* be solvable, otherwise when email
> > becomes 99% spam, everyone will stop reading email.
>
> I wouldn't worry about that. When everyone stops reading e-mail, spam
will
> disappear again. Remember, spammers only send out spam because people
reply
> to it. If nobody replies, they'll stop.
You mean I might yet achieve salvation without my
procmail rosary beads? Will it be preceded by the
RFC 822 apocalypse?
Mike