Here's why . Spammers are, in effect, taking resources away from users and service suppliers without compensation and without authorization. The Internet relies on the cooperative use of private resources. Sending email is a privilege, not a right. If you have used the Internet for any length of time, you have probably received solicitations via email to purchase products or services.
Junk email shifts the costs of advertising from the advertiser to the recipient.
With one simple email account, a junk emailer can send one message to millions of recipients, turning that message into hundreds, even thousands of Megabytes of data. While it may only cost a junk mailer a tiny amount to send the UCE, it costs individuals and their Internet Service Providers countless millions of dollars in lost time, lost money, extra staff hours, damaged equipment, lost productivity, and lost business opportunities. And it's very annoying as well. Read more about The Problem . For a good overview of our believed solution read Opt In vs. Opt Out , and the Opt-In Manifesto .