> I was participating in a discussion on another mailing list about how > to make it more expensive, and thus less attractive, to commit spam.
On FoRK, I'd asked about making all mail more expensive, but never saw any discussion: "spam and eggs" <http://www.xent.com/pipermail/fork/2001-June/000993.html> > Since I get caught out by the DUL every now > and then, I'd appreciate something a little > less blackhole-like. Would it be possible to > mess with the input parameters (SO_RCVBUF to > 1 and poll infrequently?) such that a "black- > holed" connection would be just incredibly, > instead of infinitely, slow? > > I would prefer that my personal mail took > 10 min/k to be delivered than the current > situation where it isn't delivered at all. > On the other hand, would spammers be likely > use a connection slow enough to take weeks > to deliver a couple of thousand spams? If the USPS is any indication, spammers have more commercial clout than we individual end users, anyway. -Dave
