On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:28:17 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> On 10/7/2011 20:47, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>> Darren New<dne### [at] sanrrcom>  wrote:
>>> On 10/7/2011 11:55, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> I would agree.  I define it as "advertising I didn't ask for".
>>>
>>> All advertising is advertising you didn't ask for. Otherwise it's
>>> product literature. :-)
>>
>> I agree.
>>
>>> I would say (for example) that most "junk mail" would be spam.
>>
>> But junk mail doesn't come postage due.  It doesn't add to the cost of
>> postal services.
> 
> Right. But the likelihood of me wanting something from the junk mail is
> far less than the effort of throwing it away and making sure real mail
> didn't get tangled up.
> 
> When it comes postage due, that's an even higher cost.  Advertising
> that's difficult to avoid and worth less than it costs to dispose of it
> is spam. Spam filters work by making it cost less to dispose of the
> spam, and thus letting through only the advertising you care about.

Actually to solve the postal service problem, I think they should raise 
the rates on bulk mail, especially for advertisers.

Jim

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