“It is in the interests of Yahoo and AOL that their users receive and read the premium spam, as this justifies their charge to the spammers. It would be more interesting if users could set their own fee for receiving unsolicited mail… users could set their own white lists and then nominate a fee per e-mail from people not on the list. The senders would then have the option of sending to people who set a fee.”
James Turner
“The average inbox doesn't have that much spam anymore. The end user would probably say the spam problem is not so bad. They only get a few a day.”
Anne Mitchell
“Clearly the spam problem is not going away and users are being bombarded with inane and possibly offensive messages that they do not want to receive, especially in a corporate environment. In light of today's legal and regulatory requirements, enterprises should be aware of this data and take steps to ensure that their networks are protecting employees from the onslaught of spam directed at corporate inboxes.”
Bethany Mayer
“Whether an individual receives this much spam, or more or less spam, is highly variable. What an individual may consider spam, another person may consider legitimate, requested e-mail.”
Rick Jackson
“It won't reduce spam directly. AOL is already good at managing spam issues, and Yahoo is getting better. It may make it easier to filter mail, and may provide more resources for spam prevention, but it could also mean that people lose emails, and so change provider.”
Richard Cox
“This falsification prevents the receiver from knowing who sent this spam or from contacting them through the 'from' address of the e-mail. By falsifying this routing information, it makes this e-mail a crime in Virginia, and the volume that was sent during this period elevates this charge to a felony charge.”
Jerry Kilgore
