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Re: [PLUG] Re: what is the best way to bulk email 2 million opt in email addresses?
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Paul wrote:
W. Chris Shank wrote:
Tell your employer to spend the money he'd pay you (plus a lot more)
on a mail marketing campaign. He'll get better results.
Uh, that might be easy for you to say since you are self-employed. We
have at least one person here who is paid to work on anti-spam
technology, and at least one person here involved in what most people
agree is spam. Though I believe spam and even junk paper mail should
be stopped at a *business* level, I don't think we should condemn an
individual trying to make a living.
Personally, I'd rather receive junk e-mail than junk paper mail. It
must take much more energy and resources to create, distribute, and
recycle paper mail.
As my father likes to point out about recycling, businesses are giving
tax deductions and reduced postage rates to distribute their garbage
while the unwilling recipients must deal with the garbage. We are
told it is our duty to protect the Earth by recycling. We don't get
paid to do it, but that recycled material is worth money. So,
everyone else is saving money or making money while we're bombarded by
ads to convince us to spend more money while being required to clean
up the mess!
It is arguable that the Post Office, paper manufacturers, printers,
advertises, etc., are all benefiting. But, when is the last time you
told a Postal worker to give up their salary for the ideal of having
less junk show up in your mail box? The problem must be corrected at
the source.
Paul,
The problem with spam is precisely because it does not use many tangible
resources, is reproduced by the network, and doesn't cost much. Have
you got a clue what it would cost to physically mail to 2 million
addresses? More than most businesses could afford. And for those that
can afford it, they have to question whether the 2 million piece shotgun
approach is cost effective. That is precisely why junk physical mail is
not /as much/ a problem as junk email.
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