Re: [ot - sort of] spammer bites the dust (goodbye gtcdrom. com)

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <mallet@xxxxxxx>]

Biju Chacko rearranged electrons thusly:

> Please do not get confused on the definition of spam. The commercial aspect 
> was not objectionable, it was that it was unsolicited. If they set up a 
> proper mailing list, perhaps Shourya would subscribe and maybe I would not 
> (or vice versa). The point is that _we_ would have control over whether or 
> not we received these updates. I believe this is what they have promised to
> do.
 
 Yes.  Very well put, Biju.
 
 By the way, spam is not about content - it is about consent.  I, and not the
 guy running the list, is  the sole determiner of whether I should get some
 kind of mail in my mailbox - it may be a linux pricing list, a porn list or
 whatever, it does not matter.
 
 	-suresh
	
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Suresh Ramasubramanian + mallet<@>efn.org
  You spamma my mailbox, I nukea da ass