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A Conference About Spam
zonker writes "January 17th will be the first (annual?) meeting of the Spam Conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The informal meeting will feature Paul Graham, John Graham-Cumming, John "Cap'n Crunch" Draper among others (possibly including ESR though he hasn't yet confirmed). The free conference will consist of a number of talks about new ways to combat the growing spam problem, after which everyone's going out and getting some Chinese food. Should be an informative and fun meeting and a chance to meet some interesting people."
if the conference becomes a regular thing, it means that spam is still a big problem.
You sort of lost me there. Sounds like you are implying that spam will cease being a problem if we just stop the confrences.
No offence to you Pacifists out there, but the problem does not go away by ignoring it.
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Say it with me -- Most Spam is NOT advertising...
Many states that are adopting anti-spam laws are focusing in on the fraud, misrepresentation, etc.
Most spam does not come from businesses who are contacting potential customers with interesting information. There is a big difference between that and some jerk who finds my name on a list and emails me with: "Make Money Fast", "Find Information About Anyone" or "Increase the Size of Your Penis."
Although there are some companies who send legitimate emails to customers who have opted-in most spam comes from scammers who do not have a legitimate product, who don't honor opt-out requests and who use false header information because they know what they are doing is wrong.
A few self-centered, greedy, low-life, fuckhead bastards are ruining email for everyone and there is no flippin' reason in the world that we should allow this. I say hang 'em!
The race isn't always to the swift... but that's the way to bet!
That's an ellipsis (or possibly two).