Donald Eastlake writes:
I don't think any one step will solve all our spam problems but I wouldn't mind spending, say, 5 cents for each real piece of mail I sent outside my company and if end machines charged 5 cents per piece of ouside mail received, I think spamming would be crippled. (Note that with bad guy lists, you could collect the money and then just throw away the mail.)
So would you be willing to pay $50.00 for this message you sent to cypherpunks? If there are a thousand recipients and each one charges $0.05 for the priveledge of you sending it e-mail.... It seems like such a scheme would not only cripple spam, but public discussion lists like this one.
A better solution might be pay $whatever to be allowed to post to the list. Nothing is charged for receiving mail from the list, but you have to ante up to join in the discussion. If someone spams (spam being defined up front and communicated to all list members) then their posting priv's are revoked. Then you can charge for receipt of mail normally yet still have (relatively) open lists for discussion. --- Fletch __`'/| fletch@ain.bls.com "Lisa, in this house we obey the \ o.O' ______ 404 713-0414(w) Laws of Thermodynamics!" H. Simpson =(___)= -| Ack. | 404 315-7264(h) PGP Print: 8D8736A8FC59B2E6 8E675B341E378E43 U ------