Isnt Spam Just A Modern Form Of Telemarketing, Or Receiving Junk Mail In The Mailbox?
No. Unlike telemarketing calls or thirdclass mail, which generally comes from legitimate businesses, spam is largely fraudulent and is not paid for by the sender. In fact, spam can actually cost the recipient. Spam currently accounts for over half of all email traffic. This flooding of spam imposes significant costs on businesses and individuals who pay for disc space charges, connect time, longdistance net connections, etc. that have to accommodate the junk email. Thus, spam directly costs the consumer and their Internet Service Provider (ISP) to transmit, whether it is read or not. And, since telemarketing companies pay for phone charges and thirdclass mailers pay postage fees, these advertisers are more apt to spend their resources on potential clientele, whereas spammers can obtain email accounts through a massmailing directory, and send out free messages to an infinite number of people.
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