| This thread started out somewhat interesting and informative, even though I already knew about the Messenger Service. Some boastingly thought this sort of SPAM should continue. I don't think so. There are certain types of Junk mail it is illegal to send, there are some forms of advertising on the Television that is illegal (subliminal), even though everyone has a TV and is capable to receive subliminal messages, it has been deemed illegal. Net Send messages take processing cycles and comsume memory and network bandwidth, which means I have fewer resources to perform more effective functions. Ditto to Web Popups and Popbacks. These things consume resources and are unsolicited advertising. It is a low-cost form of advertising that is annoying. However, as long as there are creative people out there we will still find new sorts of ads coming in. Fortunately, we can either turn the service off or write a script to close all Messages after a time duration, just in case my network administrator wants to send me an important message. --Your Workstation is being bugged and will restart randomly, without warning!! iX |
Net Send - Yet Another Type of Spam