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Microsoft, Yahoo Investigate Spam Solution

Posted by simoniker on from the eternal-spam-issues dept.

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'."

3 of 596 comments (clear)

  1. snail mail by QEDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would this really help?
    How come stamps can't stop all the spam I get through snail mail? Please, make those AOL disks stop!

    --
    "There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
  2. Re:Question... by doorbot.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't one of the hallmarks of a doomed .com company the fact that they tried to get people to pay for something they usually got for free?

    Like SCO's "Linux license"?

  3. A fight I would like to watch by dyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or if we just convinced the RIAA that spam was affecting their music sales

    hummm, I think your on to something here.
    how 'bout a peer to peer system that uses open relays. Pit the RIAA against the spammers and let them fight it out!

    Thats a fight that I would like to watch! ;-)