So... Fortunately we are not the only people thinking about this. Obviously the solution isnt an easy one. I read an article in he RG about a spam converence a few weeks ago, which turned out a lot more people than had been expected... It was a pretty decent article, and it mentioned that tangible costs as well as the intangible ones. I think you first need to clearly define the problem, look at simular situations, for comparison and how simular problems have been solved in the past. In this case there really isnt anything quite like spam though. I wonder if IM has had simular issues (if ya think junk email is annoying, junk messaging must be a horror!). It seems to me that all spam can be traced back to some responsible party, it should be thier problem to deal with, and if they are unwilling to deal with it, then they should not be allowed to use the mail system.
Jamie On Sunday 16 February 2003 11:35 am, Tim Howe wrote: : I guess I could sum up my entire stance by saying that I don't know what : to do about spam (and I don't think anybody else does either from what I : have heard and read), but I do know what I would find worse than spam, and : I can think of lots of things to try that wouldn't upset me at all. In the : meantime, there are many things that CAN be done to make the internet more : friendly that seem to be getting ignored or taking a back seat to this : whole spam thing. : : Yeah, I'm done. : : -- TimH : _______________________________________________ : Eug-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
