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SendMail CTO Sounds Off On Spam and FTC
CowboyRobot writes "Eric Allman takes his well-deserved turn in commenting on the state of spam, the dark future, and the need for intervention.
He calls spam an "arms race" where "in the long run everyone loses (except the arms dealers)."
As you might imagine, he's on our side, and he does a good job of clearly describing the current state of spam, and the possible solutions."
Or we could pool our money and hire a hit man to have them killed.
Just one at a time. Let's start with Eddie Marin.
- Zav - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of insensitive clods...
The easy solution to spam is to make the identity of the spammer known to all.
Do their neighbors know that they live next door to a spammer?
When a customer walks into your store, do you know if they are a spammer?
When someone hits on you at a bar, do you know if it's a spammer who is hitting on you?
When you're on highway patrol and catch someone speeding, do you know if is the spammer that is speeding?
When you walk down the sidewalk and pass by a car parked on the street, do you know if it is the spammer's car?
When your kids go to school, do they know the spammer's kids?
When you are delivering (paper) mail, do you know if it is the spammer's mail?
When you are serving food to someone, do you know if you're serving food to a spammer?
When you receive a call to 911/poison control, do you know if this is a spammer calling 911/poison control?
Spam is a community problem, and the community is the one best able to deal with it.
All the community needs is information.
The problem will solve itself.
"If everyone would just ..."
...without tyranny. Therefore, the fallacy of the Democratic platform.
I hear those words about spam and proposed solutions all the time. But the fact is, and will always remain so, that you cannot get absolutely everyone to do so
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