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Another Whack at Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 14, 2003 @12:02AM 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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Few Flaws by L-s-L69 · 2003-10-14 00:12 · 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.