Re: SPAM-less email (was If anybody wants to make something in Adabut

["AG" <ang@xtra.co.nz>]

"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message
news:v9uel6jr5ubhff@corp.supernews.com...
> A lot of us NEED to get unsolicited mail. If we don't take random
> queries from the public, how would we ever get a new customer?

There is a flip side to that though. From the point of view
of a potential customer: Suppose I mail a real query to
your mailbox swamped by spam. How do I know it
will make it past the filters? Even if it did, what are
the chances that whoever scans the mail notices
that particular one? etc etc

On the other hand - if you, as a company I deal
or would like to deal with, had a $0.02-refunded
mailbox I would probably risk that much money
to make sure I reach you.

[That's not just a theoretical thing - right now I'm
trying to reach a certain company with a simple
sales-related question. I'm a registered user and
quote order number and dates and it still doesn't
get through. I'm sure I've spent more than 2 cents
by now on trying it and, as a company, you can
bet the non-existence of a more direct mail-box
is going to cost you some business]