so, what, if anything, should be done about UPC spam?

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>>>>> "George" == George M Rimel <GRimel@compuserve.com> writes:

    >>> OTOH, I really am anti-spam for a number of reasons.  My email
    >>> filter
    George> looks for some key words to get rid of some of the worst
    George> of it, plus I have a list of known spammers that my filter
    George> zots as the messages come in.  It still does nothing for
    George> the wasted bandwidth, though.  It's certainly piddly
    George> compared to accessing www.megavideo.com, but what about
    George> five years from now?<<

Not to worry.  Five years from now, the backbones will be running 160
GB/sec ATM, and bandwidth will not be the problem you anticipate,
although I am sure we will find a way to use it all up.  :->

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