[APD] Re: Garbage on the list

[Bill Wichers <billw at waveform_net>]

> Also, just using the tried and true DELETE button works especially if you
> set up you email box (outlook express in MS format) to list posts by
> subject, if you don't want to participate in the topic simply highlight the
> bottom or original message and whilst holding down the shift key clink on
> the top message, click delete and the whole topic block goes away into
> netherworld. All the best.Mark

The spammers use this same argument -- "they can just hit "delete", how 
hard is that?". The problem is that when you have to do it hundreds of 
times a day and occasionally miss legitimate messages as a result of it, 
and I recently read an article in Infoweek (info tech news magazine) with a 
study showing spam to have cost *billions* of dollars last year in lost 
productivity and revenue due to systems upgrades, network load, etc. that 
was needed to deal with the spam load.

OK, APD postings probably aren't contributing much to spam-related fiscal 
problems or unusually high wear on your 'delete' key, but the attitude of 
"I'll do what I want, and let *them* deal with it" is not helping anyone.

        -Bill, with 600+ spams/day now in my inbox, and growing...


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