In fact, what Shanen proposes is exactly what the company in the article is creating (Vanquish is based in Massachusetts). Recipients determine the amount of interruption they are willing to tolerate. The value of each email recipeint's time FLOATS in a hidden bidding process, but is actually determined by three things:
The amount of unsolicited contact that you are willing to receive (set it to the number of messages that get snared each day by your traditional filter)
The number of individuals vying for your attention
The confidence of each individual vying for your attention
Viola! Much better than a filter. The table has been turned. No longer is it important if a given recipient knows the sender. With this "bid for attention" mechansim, what really matters is how well the sender knows the recipient - or more precisely: How much the sender is willing to risk to contact the recipient.
That company has a white paper, but they are keeping most of the details hidden just beneath the cover: Add "/whitepaper" to their URL.
Vanquish will not be released until the 1Q'02 (March target date). www.vanquish.com.
Only beta testers have begun to use it. The service is just now being rolled out to them. ISPs are signing up now to help roll out the service to the rest of us.
Although a penalty of $2 was initially tossed around as they were specifying the service, the final product relies on a 5c penalty as a sufficient deterrance.
Vanquish is a suite of technologies, including both white and black lists (as proposed in the IBM article), a challenge mechanism (to admit real individuals if the recipient wishes), and a bonding system, which is a more effective indication of legitimacy than filtering.
The application of a EULA, is essentially a "Business Rules Method". Such a system of preventing spam is about to be introduced by Vanquish (www.vanquish.com).
It rejects mail from strangers, unless the mail carries a penalty button that can be activated by the recipient. The button is a digital bond that proves the sender already has money at risk.
ISPs will be offering Vanquish in lieu of their present, less effective, filtering services. Initailly the default "interrupt rights" bond will be 5 cents. If the user presses the penalty button, the sender loses 5 cents.
Most interesting, is that Vanquish gives the penalty money to the recipient's ISP or web mail provider. This reimburses a victim in the value chain and avoids offerring an incentive to invite spam.
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In fact, what Shanen proposes is exactly what the company in the article is creating (Vanquish is based in Massachusetts). Recipients determine the amount of interruption they are willing to tolerate. The value of each email recipeint's time FLOATS in a hidden bidding process, but is actually determined by three things: The amount of unsolicited contact that you are willing to receive (set it to the number of messages that get snared each day by your traditional filter) The number of individuals vying for your attention The confidence of each individual vying for your attention Viola! Much better than a filter. The table has been turned. No longer is it important if a given recipient knows the sender. With this "bid for attention" mechansim, what really matters is how well the sender knows the recipient - or more precisely: How much the sender is willing to risk to contact the recipient. That company has a white paper, but they are keeping most of the details hidden just beneath the cover: Add "/whitepaper" to their URL.
Vanquish will not be released until the 1Q'02 (March target date). www.vanquish.com. Only beta testers have begun to use it. The service is just now being rolled out to them. ISPs are signing up now to help roll out the service to the rest of us. Although a penalty of $2 was initially tossed around as they were specifying the service, the final product relies on a 5c penalty as a sufficient deterrance. Vanquish is a suite of technologies, including both white and black lists (as proposed in the IBM article), a challenge mechanism (to admit real individuals if the recipient wishes), and a bonding system, which is a more effective indication of legitimacy than filtering.
The application of a EULA, is essentially a "Business Rules Method". Such a system of preventing spam is about to be introduced by Vanquish (www.vanquish.com).
It rejects mail from strangers, unless the mail carries a penalty button that can be activated by the recipient. The button is a digital bond that proves the sender already has money at risk.
ISPs will be offering Vanquish in lieu of their present, less effective, filtering services. Initailly the default "interrupt rights" bond will be 5 cents. If the user presses the penalty button, the sender loses 5 cents.
Most interesting, is that Vanquish gives the penalty money to the recipient's ISP or web mail provider. This reimburses a victim in the value chain and avoids offerring an incentive to invite spam.