Re: What are the Security Implications of Pay Per Mail

Jim Watt wrote:

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:55:51 -0700, Notan
<notan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

tedrichardson9925@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

AOL and Yahoo plan to allow businesses to bypass their Spam filters.
Will criminal Spam gangs find a way to better target people because of
this?

Does it surprise anyone, that a piece of shit organization like AOL,
would do something like this, for money?

It surprises me. The main thing both have going for themselves is
spam filtering.

I suspect the story is bollocks from someone who does not like
either company.

While AOL and Yahoo might have *incoming* spam filters,
they've done nothing to slow the flow of crap originating
from their users.

Notan
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