From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e5c972d04da95d51 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-17 17:06:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3E9D61C0.5070103@cogeco.ca> <3E9D8090.F86AF4EC@spam.no> <3E9D8625.4090308@cogeco.ca> <3E9D9642.2030303@cogeco.ca> <878yuae2uu.fsf@inf.enst.fr> <3E9EDB7B.2090901@cogeco.ca> Subject: Re: SPAM-less email (was If anybody wants to make something in Adabut X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:06:31 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.88.60.169 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1050624377 219.88.60.169 (Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:06:17 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:06:17 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36266 Date: 2003-04-18T12:06:31+12:00 List-Id: "Randy Brukardt" 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]