On Tue, 21 May 1996, jonathon wrote:
On Mon, 20 May 1996, Rich Graves wrote:
On Tue, 21 May 1996, Declan B. McCullagh did NOT write:
[Oops, I was replying to Declan's forward of Hal Finney's message, and got the attribution wong. The path cypherpunks -> fight-censorship -> me is often faster than cypherpunks -> me, probably because unsubscribing and resubscribing put me way down on the list. Sorry. This was Hal.]
I like the "knock-knock" approach, though it would of necessity impose load. If someone has an anonymous message waiting, send them a simple note with instructions on how to retrieve it.
That way you could also charge the recipient to retrieve a message.
How about a farthing to recieve a message, and two farthings to send a message, no charge to mixmaster recipients or originators?
That sounds like a great opportunity for denial-of-service attacks. No, thank you. A flat fee for a special-delivery service profile (gimme $5/month and you get messages automatically, without the confirmation) would be fine, but I can't see paying per piece to *receive* anonymous messages. -rich