How do I avoid spam filters - how fast can I send out emails?

ship wrote:

> Secondly the fact is that we operate on *wafer thin* margins - which
> although it means great deals for our cusomers, also means that if we
> were to operate a strict, literal "opt-in" policy only, then I'm afraid
> that we would go bust very quickly. So we dont have that luxury. Not
> at present.


In which case you should be put out of business and put in prison
for spamming for a long enough time as is suitable for you to figure out
a product or service to sell which is marketable enough that you do not
have to spam.

>
> However the reality is also that we get very close to zero complaints
> about our policy as it's easy as pie to opt out. So I dont really see
> any problems here.
>

Of course not, spammers never do see a problem with theft and
deception. Pie has zero to do with it. I do not care if your opt out
works by me simply yelling at my screen, I am *still* going to parse and
complain through Spamcop.

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On Sat, 25 Jun 2005, Els wrote:

[snip]
> I still think black meant the opposite of white long before Columbus.

An interesting observation in Carl Sagan's _The_Dragons_of_Eden_ is the
fact that "black" and "white" in English have similar origins ("black"
coming from the Anglo-Saxon "blaece" and "white" coming from the
Anglo-Saxon "blac"), both suggesting the meaning "without colour". The
origin of "white" and its similarity to "black" can still be found in the
words "blanch", "blank", "bleak" and the French "blanc".

The difference between "left" and "right", on the other hand, is strongly
culturally independant with "left" almost invariably implying bad
("sinister" (English), "gauche" (French), "mancino" (Italian)) and
"right" implying good ("rightious", "rectitude", "adroit"). Even the
word "ambidextrous" means, ultimately, two right hands.

One place where "black" is good: A business would rather be "in the
black" than "in the red".

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Norman L. DeForest wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Jun 2005, Els wrote:
>
> [snip]
>> I still think black meant the opposite of white long before Columbus.
>
> An interesting observation in Carl Sagan's _The_Dragons_of_Eden_ is the
> fact that "black" and "white" in English have similar origins ("black"
> coming from the Anglo-Saxon "blaece" and "white" coming from the
> Anglo-Saxon "blac"), both suggesting the meaning "without colour".

At last, I know why in Dutch, white people are called 'blank'.

> The
> origin of "white" and its similarity to "black" can still be found in the
> words "blanch", "blank", "bleak" and the French "blanc".
>
> The difference between "left" and "right", on the other hand, is strongly
> culturally independant with "left" almost invariably implying bad
> ("sinister" (English), "gauche" (French), "mancino" (Italian)) and
> "right" implying good ("rightious", "rectitude", "adroit"). Even the
> word "ambidextrous" means, ultimately, two right hands.

Very informative, thanks.
(I wonder even more now why the Brits drive on the sinister side of
the road <g>)

> One place where "black" is good: A business would rather be "in the
> black" than "in the red".

Yup, indeed.
One more: black belt, in most if not all martial arts.

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Els wrote:

> Now playing: Extreme - Color Me Blind

Just noticed that line myself - completely coincidental but quite
appropriate for this thread :-)

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Els wrote:

> Another black word that springs to mind: blackmail. You reckon
> blackmailing someone also goes back to slavery?

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-bla2.htm

Blackball, blackguard...

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Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Els wrote:
>
>> Another black word that springs to mind: blackmail. You reckon
>> blackmailing someone also goes back to slavery?
>
> http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-bla2.htm

Hmm.. so it was the Scots! <g>

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Red E. Kilowatt wrote

> "Charles Sweeney" <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns967EE1A38B1AAmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1 .4
>> FWIW, my views on spam are much the same as everyone else, it's a
>> nuisance, but it's the internet stalling, counter-productive methods
>> that are used in the losing fight against it, that I mostly disagree
>> with.
>
> Well Charles, you'll be happy to hear that I've become a bit more
> receptive to that line of reasoning as of late--hypothetically speaking
> that is. ;-)

I'm very pleased to hear that, Mr K! Hypothetically.

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