From: Christian Weisgerber (naddy@mips.inka.de)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 07:31:40 MDT
Damien Broderick <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> flood. I was hoping for some more precise sense of how much it
> *does* cost a spammeister to blast the world with **GROW YOUR DICK
> REALLY ENORMOUS AND MAKE BIG $$$$ AT HOME!!!**
A computer and internet access. How much does that cost? Not much.
And you don't necessarily need a commercial E1 pipe. If you exploit
relays, simple dial-up access is probably sufficient. At least it
makes a good start.
"NEW YORK - Tom Cowles, who heads one of the world's largest bulk
e-mail, or spam, businesses, ought to be a happy guy.
By his account, his company makes $12 million a year e-mailing
billions of advertisements, mainly to folks who don't want them.
[...]"
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134506957_btspamking05.html
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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