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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'."

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  1. Eh? by DakotaK · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Could anyone truely pull this off? Most people would never dream of paying for e-mail. And what's to stop me from setting up my own mail server and sending it off? Step 1: Charge for e-mail Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit

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  2. This is a great idea! by mir@ge · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I mean, paying for postage has stopped advertisers from sending marketing materials to my home. Oh wait, sorry. This is a terrible idea!

    -Alec

  3. Well, by hackstraw · · Score: 0, Redundant

    this sure works for snail mail.

  4. Re:Postage hasn't stopped Junk mailers by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And then EvilTwinSkippy was enlightened...

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  5. Re:Cha ching? by Eric+S.+Smith · · Score: 1, Redundant
    But until then, would you like to be bob?

    Not at all, which is why I don't run open relays.

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