-- On 13 May 2003 at 9:06, Derek Atkins wrote:
OTOH, I still think a micro-payment postage system is a better idea. The sender puts a micro-payment into the mail header to pay the recipient to accept/read the message. For non-spam, the receipient doesn't need to cash the payment (or can just return it to the sander). For spam, the receipient collects the money (thereby costing the spammer real $$$ to send spam, if most receipients actually collect). The only remaining architectural problem is how to handle mailing lits.
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