[Vision2020] Spam from the Future

[Paul Rumelhart]

Some other differences, too, to go along with what you have already posted:

- Snail mail spam is "legitimate" in that it costs a known business real 
money to send it.  That's why I always politely send offers back to the 
sender with a prominent "No Thank You" in their handy postage-paid 
return envelope.  Sometimes I include a smiley face.  Usually, I remove 
identifying information so they don't accidentally think I'm accepting 
their offer.

- Snail mail does not cost third-parties to have to keep copies of them 
for other users in storage, at their expense, like ISPs have to do. 

- Snail mail does not clog the "intertubes", it only clogs the USPS 
delivery system (which makes money off of them).

- Snail mail spammers do not break into millions of people's houses and 
setup a system to send their mail without the users knowledge.  Most 
spam is sent using millions of hacked machines in botnets, almost all of 
which are Windows machines owned by average users. 

Paul

Donovan Arnold wrote:
> Well, there is a big differences here, Ellen:
>  
> 1) My home is not infected with a costly virus if I accidentally 
> open USPS junk mail
> 2) I know who sends my USPS junk mail.
> 3) I don't get 50 pieces of junk email everyday, including Sundays
> 4) I don't miss important mail
> 5) I don't get the same piece of junk mail 18 times a day, everyday.
> 6) Most the USPS is from legitimate businesses sources I can visit and 
> harass back, not scams.
> 7) Junk mail from the USPS doesn't try to trick me into thinking it is 
> letter from a friend or relative
> 8) I don't have to click 75 little boxes and hit trash everyday with 
> USPS Junk mail.
> 9) I maybe able to actually use some of the coupons I get from USPS 
> Junk mail that is screened by the Federal Government for safety before 
> going in my mailbox.
>  
> And MOST important difference of all:
>  
> 10)  Junk mail for the USPS doesn't go inside my house, steal all my 
> personal and credit card information and then go on a shopping spree 
> in New York City leaving me with a $2,234.56 bill.
>  
>  
> Best,
>  
> Donovan
>
> */Ellen Roskovich <gussie443 at hotmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     *Doesn't the U.S. Postal Service clutter your real mailbox with 
>     glossy  ads addressed to "occupant"?  Delete/toss is the solution.*
>     ** 
>     *Ellen A. Roskovich*
>
>
>     > Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:49:31 -0700
>     > From: ophite at gmail.com
>     > To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
>     > CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>     > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Spam from the Future
>     >
>     > > What I fail to understand, is why the feds don't go after
>     these companies
>     > > that hire these guys?
>     >
>     > Because, Donvoan, despite your best efforts, irritating you
>     continues
>     > to be legal.
>     >
>     > -- ACS
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