From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/45963 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: new spam functionality added Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 15:43:41 -0700 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <87y9brejam.fsf@mail.paradoxical.net> <873ctztyth.fsf@mail.paradoxical.net> <02Jul31.171132edt.119710@gateway.intersystems.com> <87fzxzsit2.fsf@mail.paradoxical.net> <87bs8my0ih.fsf@mail.paradoxical.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1028242033 16315 127.0.0.1 (1 Aug 2002 22:47:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 22:47:13 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17aOiu-0004F1-00 for ; Fri, 02 Aug 2002 00:47:12 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17aOio-0000Tb-00; Thu, 01 Aug 2002 17:47:06 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Thu, 01 Aug 2002 17:47:33 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA13272 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 17:47:19 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 25439 invoked by alias); 1 Aug 2002 22:45:26 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 25432 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2002 22:45:26 -0000 Original-Received: from mail.dslextreme.com (66.51.205.14) by gnus.org with SMTP; 1 Aug 2002 22:45:26 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 1620 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2002 22:42:30 -0000 Original-Received: from adsl-66.51.210.228.dslextreme.com (HELO reader.local.lan) (66.51.210.228) by mail.dslextreme.com with SMTP; 1 Aug 2002 22:42:30 -0000 Original-Received: from reader.local.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by reader.local.lan (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g71MjL8f032322 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:45:21 -0700 Original-Received: (from reader@localhost) by reader.local.lan (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g71MjLqI032320; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 15:45:21 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: reader.local.lan: reader set sender to reader@newsguy.com using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Scott A Crosby's message of "01 Aug 2002 14:16:57 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Original-Lines: 31 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:45963 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:45963 Scott A Crosby writes: >> It's one small source (compared to all trash) that could be done away >> with easily. > > Advertising does serve a purpose. It does tell you of goods and > services that you may be interested. For example, a Qwest phone call > made me realize that I should look around at long distance > plans.... Which reduced my phone bill by a factor of 3! > > I also just moved 1700 miles 2 months ago. Again, advertising > circulars were useful; they told me about local places I may be > interested in going to. > > Advertising by itself isn't bad.. Unwanted communication wasting your > time is. Heartily disagree! No reason whatever for advertising. That is, not any good ones anyway. One can always find what they need to know about. especially with the advent of google ... hehe. Advertising is just some pinhead pushing his line of bull for profit. Not a nice little neighborhood helper at all. Maybe once in a while it turns up something you happen to want at the moment but those 170,000 other copies didn't. I think it represents a really deficient system, absolute wastefullness etc etc. Can you really argue the 100s, maybe thousands of tons of paper per week is some how `ok'? Some of it may find a good use wrapping fresh fish. Or in what few outhouse remain in USA.