pay-per-email & cypherpunks reference (i think
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The Economics of Spam
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(I think it was cypherpunks-list); where it was suggested the recipient receive a penny or less per email; the thought being that if you write that person back, the transaction cancels itself out; along those lines, your spam-detecting mail server could 'charge more' for potential spam, making it less attractive for non-legit spammers to get to you; the recipient becomes pleased with spam because they are getting 1-3 pennies per email;) As for the infrastructure required, I'd suggest brokerage root servers that would handle the actual cash transactions (i.e. settle up with other brokerage servers at the end of the day), and allow users to cash out. --c3w
Thing that got me was that these spammers may buy 'legitimate' databases, but then they own them, which means you can get removed from one, but not all of them - 1000 spammers buy the full list from 'About' and expect users to politely remove themselves from all of them!
I don't see how bombing relates to lack of freedom in the press, but let's go get that oil! (I'm allowed to say that on an open forum without being shot or imprisoned because I'm in the US;) --c3w
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(I think it was cypherpunks-list); where it was suggested the recipient receive a penny or less per email; the thought being that if you write that person back, the transaction cancels itself out; along those lines, your spam-detecting mail server could 'charge more' for potential spam, making it less attractive for non-legit spammers to get to you; the recipient becomes pleased with spam because they are getting 1-3 pennies per email;) As for the infrastructure required, I'd suggest brokerage root servers that would handle the actual cash transactions (i.e. settle up with other brokerage servers at the end of the day), and allow users to cash out. --c3w
Thing that got me was that these spammers may buy 'legitimate' databases, but then they own them, which means you can get removed from one, but not all of them - 1000 spammers buy the full list from 'About' and expect users to politely remove themselves from all of them!
If U.S. companies are not allowed to do business w/ Iraq, how can IPswitch (imail) and domaininfo.com (registrar for uruklink.net) sell to baghdad?
p.s. to post above- imail is imap/pop3/web not just pop3;
p.p.s. the upgrade from 7.07 (see google cache above) to 7.1 is listed at $2k for a large ISP; or probably $650 upgrade; so its not a free patch;
--c3w
I don't see how bombing relates to lack of freedom in the press, but let's go get that oil! (I'm allowed to say that on an open forum without being shot or imprisoned because I'm in the US;)
--c3w
I'm assuming his 'screen reader' program was developed in the free economy, and not under court duress; give 'em an inch, eh? --c3w