Re: [nznog] $1 a CPU hour to send SPAM

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 01:54:54PM +1200, Ewen McNeill wrote:

In message , Carl Black writes:

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basically they pay individuals $usd1.00 per hour they leave their PC available as a SPAM relay - at ~$8700 a year,

If you read the Slashdot discussion (and the website carefully) you'll see they are claiming they'll pay US$1.00 per hour of CPU time. Spam delivery is hardly CPU bound.

Even if my mailserver is an Apple ][? :-) Richard