[SpamCop-List] Re: Major ISP's being blacklisted issue

[McWebber]

"Miss Betsy" <nobody at devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:dcdagk$8od$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> Anyone who obtains a new address today never has to receive spam.

That would be nice, if it was true. If you use the address anywhere, or if
the address is common words or names and even common names with some
numbers, it will likely get spam, if it's with a large ISP or email
provider.

> Eventually, someone will come along who will 'raise the
> consciousness' of enough email consumers that careful consumers
> will have a choice.

They have that choice now. They're just too lazy to exercise that choice.
It's a simple matter to change email addreses. You just need some overlap
time to inform people you correspond with.

>
> Or email will get to be a hobby for those who don't have IT staff
> (i.e. businesses) because no one can rely on it.

Email has never been a reliable means of communication. Anyone who depends
on it for business will lose money if they don't have an alternate means of
communication or backup email accounts. You can't predict a backhoe.


-- 
McWebber
"Richter points to the lack of legal action against his company as proof
that he's operating appropriately."
Information Week, November 10, 2003