Microsoft, Yahoo Investigate Spam Solution

bllfrnch writes "The NY Times (account required, yada yada) has an article about the suggestion of email postage to stop the advent of spam. Apparently, both Microsoft and Yahoo! support such an initiative, as they are the largest email service providers. Best quote: ''Damn if I will pay postage for my nice list,' said David Farber, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who runs a mailing list on technology and policy with 30,000 recipients'."

Comments

Maybe they WANT to kill mailing lists.

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't recall seeing this mentioned elsewhere, but it's possible that Microsoft are actively trying to kill off mailing lists, since they are what makes the collaborative development of Linux and Apache possible.

Re:Federal BIll 602p!!

[rjamestaylor]

Getting moderated down is fine, but what idiot thought this was FLAMEBAIT?

Catch a clue, moderators. This is a flamebait:

Whoever moderated the parent as Flamebait is a moron or a India-based technology wonk thinking their $.35/day wages are going to make them the next Bill Gates, in which case I excuse them for failing to understand basic English. Whoever you are you suck and should have moderating privileges removed retroactive to the date of your birth, which would probably be sometime in 1999.

Now that's Flamebait, buck-o.