On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Steve Schear wrote: > >Spammers Would Be Made To Pay Under IBM Research Proposal > > > >IBM researchers say both approaches miss the target--that the software [...] > >up with another approach: Make spammers pay to send messages. It sounds [...]
> steve Steve, I've been watching your views on ASRG, and honestly, I have to say Sender Pays is top on my list for Bad Ideas for reforming email. We all want to get rid of spam. I think most folks on this list are in favor of using market dynamics to influence behaviour. I think adding an artificial fee to sending email is stupid. It is creating false scarcity to fix a broken system. Further, it will end up becoming a new profit center for ISPs - send an email, pay 5 (or whatever) cents. I I know this is being thought about, but what about ad-hoc lists like CP? Who will pay for AOL delivery for that? Who pays for ASRG? Sender pays is stupid. Don't support false scarcity. -j -- Jamie Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] It it ain't broke, let me have a shot at it.
