On Jul 21, 2004, at 4:43 PM, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
spf(_at_)nevster(_dot_)net wrote:
so since email is an arbitrary construct designed by humans, what if
the spammer had to guess my phone number, as well as my hair color?
You're ignoring the point. Spammers don't care who they reach, only
how many.
I think I demonstrate I'm not ignoring the point by indicating that if
spammers needed a possible 100 different ways to reach 100 different
people, they might find it an arduous, expensive, time consuming task.
If I had to keep track of magic words to communicate with each person
I ever need to have even a casual contact with, then, well, 90% of
them would just go uncommunicated-with...
I'm not sure if I intended to address your casual communication methods.
And the mail to my organization's info@ address wouldn't be reduced
one drop.
I suppose that this would be one of those "that's life" things. I also
suppose that the way I suggested does not exclude any other remedies.
A store owner keeps an open door, and has all sorts of people walk in
off the street. Not all of them desirable. Burden of business?
Nevin