David P James writes: > As an economist, I look at the billions of dollars, resources and > manhours wasted on dealing with spam and think of all the investments, > jobs and other more useful spending and activities that didn't take place > because of it. The same goes with Microsoft's monopoly rent (or tax as > some call it) of course, but that's a different problem
Not true. Dealing with spam consumes resources while Microsoft's monopoly rent redistributes them (albeit inefficiently and unfairly). The problem with "sender pays" schemes is that they create opportunities for monopolies. For example, "private" mailing lists such as the Debian ones are likely to be driven out. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
