Anti-Spambot: what algorithm should be used?

Michael Johnson Michael.Johnson at mejl.com
Wed Apr 9 04:39:30 PDT 1997


Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
>One problem is that a lot of people put fake addresses in the from:
>fields. Why waste good e-cash on e-mail to addresses that bounce?

That's the best kind for the payer, because ecash(tm) is not lost once you
send it. You can cancel the payment if it bounces or after a specified
amount of time. That's the double spending protection in ecash(tm), the
first person to deposit a specific coin gets the money.

Mike.

* Ecash is a registered trademark of Digicash BV







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