Spam (WAS Re: Was That Your FBI File??????)

Nathan Meyers kaffe@rufus.w3.org
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:26:50 -0700 (PDT)


Bernard Michael Hurley:

> At 08:26 06/08/98 EST, 22523648@roadtowealth.com wrote:
> >We do not knowingly engage in spam of any kind.
> >
> So why was it sent to the kaffe list?

Because spammers have no shame, and randomly chosen mailing lists are
a way to reach a lot of people.  If just one person of the thousands (?)
who read this list buys whatever the spammer is selling, he's made more
than than it cost him to send the mail.

Nathan Meyers
nmeyers@teleport.com