--On Wednesday, 15 January, 2003 18:17 -0800 Dave Crocker
<dhc2@dcrocker.net> wrote:
> John,
>
> Before someone makes suggestions about the magic bullet that
> will solve spam problems, they should at least familiarize
> themselves with the rather interesting range of startup
> company approaches to handling the problem. Everything
> ranging from keyword filtering by a commercial version of
> spamassassin, to patenting a haiku.
>
> And they should become familiar with the public policy and
> politics debates on the topic.
>
> This is a multifaceted problem, including the minor fact that
> people's definition of "spam" is highly variable. At this
> stage it appears clear that no single magic bullet is possible
> and that we should start viewing spam the way we view roaches.
> We don't like them. They are bad. We do a range of things to
> get rid of them. It all helps. But we do not eliminate them.
> We simply reduce them to a tolerable level.
Is there some part of this with which you assume I disagree?
john