[Info-vax] SFF and MIME

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Steven Underwood wrote:
> 
> "Wilm Boerhout" <w6.boerhout at planet.nl> wrote in message 
> news:4b23d911$0$14118$703f8584 at textnews.kpn.nl...
>> 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
>>
> That pov is shared by many spam fighters.
> 
> http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html
> http://www.spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/14.html
> http://spam.abuse.net/overview/whatisspam.shtml
> 
> With spammers, the cost to the sender is very low... the same as it 
> costs you to receive it, the price of your internet connection.  Most 
> spam these days is sent through botnets, groups of virus infected 
> computers controlled more by the spammers than by their owners so they 
> can send millions of pieces of spam from around the world with a single 
> command that is unlikely to be tracked back to them.  There is virtually 
> no outlay of money for the advertizing because they would likely be 
> paying for that connection any way.
> 
> Spammers also make money setting up other spammers (selling the 
> addresses they have collected, get rich at home schemes, etc).
> 

It's very easy to make money on the internet.  Send me $500 US and I 
will tell you the secret!  ;-)