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Would you Warranty Your Email?
Kurt writes "A team from the University of Michigan is proposing an economic solution to spam. Instead of relying on technical solutions or government regulations, they use a sender warranty system. In some cases, they argue, it can even be superior to a perfect filter with zero cost, and no errors. Their working paper is available at SSRN. With the caveat that some infrastructure is necessary (isn't it always?), they also claim their approach restores control to the recipient, halts spam, and creates a marketplace for valuable information exchange."
I propose that any and all spammers be subject to possible castration when caught. No infrastructure required... although verification of actual spamming may be a good idea, I say we fly by the seat of our pants... As a positive side effect, Open relays would be fixed pronto... for many admins would fear for their manhood...
;)
Laugh, it's a joke!
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A team from the University of Michigan is proposing an economic solution to spam.
if you stop sending me spam now, I won't kill you
Creationists are a lot like zombies. Slow, but powerful and numerous. And they all want to eat our brains.
will I get charged a restocking fee when someone replies?
A team from the University of Michigan is proposing an economic solution to spam. Instead of relying on technical solutions or government regulations, they use a sender warranty system. In some cases, they argue, it can even be superior to a perfect filter with zero cost, and no errors. Their working paper is available at SSRN. With the caveat that some infrastructure is necessary (isn't it always?), they also claim their approach restores control to the recipient, halts spam, and creates a marketplace for valuable information exchange.
Would you mind writing a little more and saying a little less. I found this description too short and full of specific information.
-Colin
...that will put him in pound-you-in-the-ass prison...
Shouldn't that be Federal-pound-you-in-the-ass prison?
"That's not ironic, it's just mean!" - Bender
Hmm. Now that you mention it, maybe it isn't such a bad idea after all. (But you forgot the ???? and Profit! lines in your list.)
The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer. - Albert Einstein
Personally, I treat slashdot like the rest of the internet. you all are a faceless lot of text for my consumption :-)
perl -e '$_="\007/4`\cp%2,".chr(127);s/./"\"\\c$&\""/gees
Isn't that why spam exists in the first place?
http://alternatives.rzero.com/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
.... in that until everyone signs their
T re ICmreO16YAoJ3J
- ----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Hash: SHA1
There's a slight problem
email, you'll have to be willing to handle unsigned email as well as
signed. That leaves the signing people worse off than the non-signing
people (more pain, no gain).
Difficult deployment problem.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: PGP 7.0.1
iQA/AwUBQCOn5jjI/tvlmNBeEQLIdwCfTzU3AFyy3vAyqJ1
Yl8AGPs6HHxEEGJfkmV857m1
=XHyf
> why does evry problem in life have to be solved by
> creating a free and open market?
Yeah, why don't we just pass a law against spam?
Oh, wait...
Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
<spammer> Crap, this warrenty plan for email has destroyed my spamming. .ru. Spammer then invokes warrenty, quickly withdraws money, and continues the cycle with a new virus.**
<spammer> **thinks**
<spammer> **Writes email virus that causes the infected computer to send email to a dummy account in
Your idea is borked, methinks.