Jeff Abrahamson on 12 Mar 2004 15:41:04 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] [OT] Postage on EMail?


On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 10:03:35AM -0500, George Gallen wrote:
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jeff Abrahamson [mailto:jeff@purple.com]
> >Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:49 AM
> >To: 'plug@lists.phillylinux.org'
> >Subject: Re: [PLUG] [OT] Postage on EMail?
> >
> >
> 
> So are there any exemptions from the fee? Say a grade school?
> or if sending to a .gov address, impovished countries trying
> to send real mail. Since they will not have an estamp, you now
> have created lots of emails back and forth to accept, thus
> tripling the # of emails.

Presumably fees are a few pennies or even fractions of pennies.
Enough to discourage sending millions, insignificant when sending
one.  And it's returned by senders who don't view you as a spammer.

I don't see the meat of your objection.

-- 
 Jeff

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