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Another Whack at Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the problems-that-won't-be-solved-until-2006 dept.

mmoncur writes "Tim Bray just put up an article called Another Whack at Spam that has been getting some attention. It just looks like a variation of the old pay to send idea to me."

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  1. Few Flaws by L-s-L69 · · Score: 3, Informative
    1. Paying 1c/1p for sending an email may still allow some spam to be profitable. 2. I dont want to pay to send email. I just dont, I like the fact its free to anywhere in the world. 3. Limiting the number of emails sent in a day is going to be very restrictive for companies. 4. There is no way everyone in the world in going to use this system. 5. It sounds too much like a single point of failure for email.

    On a personal note i just stop spam by removing all html mails, if my friends send me junk in html format i explain carefully and with a pointy stick that I dont want html emails.

  2. The protocol is not the problem by kjba · · Score: 1, Informative
    Plenty of protocols have been suggested that would all kill spam if used BY EVERYONE. It seems to me that the problem here is not the protocol at all. IPv6 was designed quite some time ago now. Has everyone adopted it? Nope. The problem is that email has become so pervasive that it has become very difficult to change the standard.

    Unless several main organisations and companies join forces to introduce a new way of sending mail with massive support, it is not going to happen. Yet another paper about yet another protocol is not going to change that.