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IBM Researcher Offers an E-Stamp Spam Solution

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-would-do-it dept.

UnanimousCoward writes "This Internet Week article describes a research project by Scott Fahlman that looks to limit spam using e-stamps. Here is more detailed description of the system under his CMU homepage along with a link to the original paper." As crappy as it sounds, charging some tiny fee per email would cut spam dramatically. 207 of the buggers so far today. Hundreds of megs a month. I'd love to see something done.

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  1. Re:People won't pay... by mblase · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any solution that involves paying for something that used to be "free" is not going to catch on.

    Don't be silly, paying for things that used to be free is how the internet economy survived to become the thriving, economic powerhouse it is... um... today... er, that is....

    Well, maybe you're right.