Re: Principles of Spam-abatement

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Your logic breaks over the fact that you got the message because of who
you both know ... the ietf.org mailing list. It was not unsolicited mail
from a party with which you have no relationship.

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Ed Gerck wrote:

> >
> > I'd suggest that in this case you _are_ reacting to who
> > they know. In some sense they 'know' you, because they're
> > reacting to something you wrote,
>
> Who you know (even me) was not important to me. Your message's
> content was the deciding factor that made me send this reply
> to you.
>
> Thus, in deciding whether I would reply to your message, indeed
> it was relevant to me that you read my previous posting. However,
> I did not care who you are or who you know. I wouldn't care
> even if you would claim to know of me (a claim that email scams
> from Nigeria often make) or someone I know (ditto).
>
> > and thus have gained entry to your circle of
> > people-worth-talking-with.
>
> Solely by what you wrote, my point exactly.



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