Wave of the Future (Spam)

Money is the motivating force behind SPAM, which is just "direct-mail-marketing" on the internet. Unfortunately, the folks who use that medium pay for it, but aren't the perpetrators of the real sin. If it were done ethically, and I think it's arguable that mass mailings via email are a legitimate use of bandwidth, just as junk mail is a legitimate use of the mails and of paper, ink, etc, then one not wishing to receive unsolicited emails could put up a service that filtered out advertising. I've seen some fine offers for things like inkjet refill supplies, photo-quality printer paper, etc, that were decent enough, but I don't want to have to sift through the junk mail when it arrives. What's needed is a way to avoid having to look at every email, including every title just to filter out the junk mail. That's why the anonymity of the internet may have to fall sacrifice to sensibility. regards, Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige(a)earthlink.net> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 2:03 PM Subject: Re: Wave of the Future (Spam)