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Re: OT: Net traffic jams !



This is the tragedy of the commons all over again. "Free goods" carry
problems. The solution is to charge a nominal fee for email, say 2 cents
each. The question is how the internet could implement that.
≪ WHY do people do this? I cannot believe anyone is making money from
it.≫

Mass mailings (snail mail) are counted in pro-mill. That is, one answer
per 1,000 mailings is considered profitable for both client and
mass-mailer.

Mass emailing is so cheap that one answer per 100,000 is profitable. The
more, the merrier.




Harry Binswanger
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