Fighting image spam

Fighting image spam

Posted Aug 25, 2006 13:26 UTC (Fri) by kpower (subscriber, #37136)
In reply to: Fighting image spam by evgeny
Parent article: Fighting image spam

Removing one easily accessible open method of communication just moves the spam target elsewhere. If it's not email, then its a web form, an IM address or other method. The digital methods are all nearly alike in their ease to spam, and will likely remain that way into the near future.

Business requires open, easy to use communication to survive. Without a means for the outside world to communicat to and with, a business will whither and die. This is different than a single private individual outside of a business context, who doesn't need the same type of openness in communication.

A variety of open communication channels are available, all are subjected to sapm (at least in the USA). Email, web forms, web forums, news groups, IM, telephone, fax, postal, all receive spam in greater or less quantities.

It's not just PR, but Sales, prospective clients, prospective employees and others that rely upon this open channel. Without the open channel, how will the communication be initiated?

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