On Sun, 19 Jul 2020, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > > Not the issue of wasted resources including the list server processing > > and sending the messages intended to my address, bandwidth and all the > > network equipment involved on the way, and finally the local mail server > > receiving and dispatching the message to `procmail'. It all does not come > > for free. > > FWIW, I'd estimate the incremental infrastructure cost of sending > these messages, over not sending these messages, at pretty close to > zero. The most valuable part is human attention time, which could > make it worthwhile to reduce spamminess.
Maybe it's me tilting at windmills, but waste accumulates. If everyone ignores a small waste of resources, then eventually they'll run out. And I'm not sure if it's human attention time or the environment that is most valuable, and all the resources we use for networking have environmental impact. Time is already wasted every day on even less important issues, some of which caused by other people actually not paying enough attention. FWIW, Maciej
