[Info-vax] SFF and MIME

[Wilm Boerhout]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply mentioned  on 12-12-2009 18:34:
> In article <00A95E89.B97DE850 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- 
> @SendSpamHere.ORG writes: 
> 
>>> One man's spam is another man's advertising. 
> 
> If it is unsolicited, and it is bulk, then it is spam.  Content doesn't 
> matter.  (In practice, it might be more useful to filter based on 
> content; it is not immediately clear if the email in question is bulk or 
> not.  However, no spammer can justify his spam by saying that the 
> content must have been of at least passing interest to (some of) the 
> recipients.  If it is unsolicited, and it is bulk, then it is spam.

This is an interesting pov. Spam only "works" because 0.00001% of a 
large number of addressees actually "buys" the "product". That is why 
the sender is willing to pay for the advertising: (s)he makes a profit. 
If it were unprofitable, it would disappear. Hence, marketing budget.

/W

PS I have so many requests for the Rolex that I will auction it. Watch 
this space...