Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hou3c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!@RAND-UNIX.ARPA From: lauren@vortex.uucp Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: Re: $1/message Message-ID: <8402190026.6184.1.VT2.2@vortex.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Feb-84 03:26:02 EST Article-I.D.: hou3c.305 Posted: Sun Feb 19 03:26:02 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Feb-84 07:57:52 EST Sender: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist) Lines: 22 To: Geoff@SRI-CSL In-Reply-To: Your message of 18 Feb 1984 17:05-PST Well, I can put it another way, would you be willing to SEND a message to header-people if you had to pay $1 for each person who would be RECEIVING it? This is even worse! How likely would people be to contribute their expertise on various subjects if they had to PAY to send that information to the people who would benefit? Few of our large mailing lists would survive under such a scheme. Two specific points about MCI Mail: 1) Their technique of forcing you to use inane and time-consuming menus UNLESS you're willing to pay them money is pretty low are far as I'm concerned. 2) I am convinced that their "free access" policy will not last. I'd be happy to give odds that somewhere not too far down the line, all "free" users will receive a notice telling them that if they want to keep their access, they will have to start paying a monthly fee and/or pay minimum amounts per month. Clearly MCI has the right to do this, but the people who think the service is going to stay free forever are kidding themselves, I suspect. --Lauren--