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SendMail CTO Sounds Off On Spam and FTC
CowboyRobot writes "Eric Allman takes his well-deserved turn in commenting on the state of spam, the dark future, and the need for intervention.
He calls spam an "arms race" where "in the long run everyone loses (except the arms dealers)."
As you might imagine, he's on our side, and he does a good job of clearly describing the current state of spam, and the possible solutions."
If only it was Taiwanese spam that flooded my inbpx everyday. I mean their teen sluts are far more appealing than the American ones and the quality of the Viagra is far superior.
Seriously though. The bulk of spam originates in America.
Or we could pool our money and hire a hit man to have them killed.
Just one at a time. Let's start with Eddie Marin.
- Zav - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of insensitive clods...
The easy solution to spam is to make the identity of the spammer known to all.
Do their neighbors know that they live next door to a spammer?
When a customer walks into your store, do you know if they are a spammer?
When someone hits on you at a bar, do you know if it's a spammer who is hitting on you?
When you're on highway patrol and catch someone speeding, do you know if is the spammer that is speeding?
When you walk down the sidewalk and pass by a car parked on the street, do you know if it is the spammer's car?
When your kids go to school, do they know the spammer's kids?
When you are delivering (paper) mail, do you know if it is the spammer's mail?
When you are serving food to someone, do you know if you're serving food to a spammer?
When you receive a call to 911/poison control, do you know if this is a spammer calling 911/poison control?
Spam is a community problem, and the community is the one best able to deal with it.
All the community needs is information.
The problem will solve itself.
No, at best, we'll rather have a law that means jail time at least for recidivist spammers.
They need some drastic illustration of the harm their "business" can do.
The proverbial one night with Bubba in Cell Block 3 should finally teach them to never ever try and sell penis enlargements again. Oh, and by the way, please webcast close-up video account of their experience to that lovely town of Spam Haven (somewhere in Florida IIRC).
Make your lawmakers make laws... Call your congresscritter now!
"If everyone would just ..."
...without tyranny. Therefore, the fallacy of the Democratic platform.
I hear those words about spam and proposed solutions all the time. But the fact is, and will always remain so, that you cannot get absolutely everyone to do so
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As you might imagine, he's on our side, and he does a good job of clearly describing the current state of spam, and the possible solutions."
I'm a spammer, you inconsiderate clod!