> * Nobody has a clue how to build a global micropayment system, despite > years of effort.
I think this is a red herring. Everyone seems to think payments should be end-user-to-end-user, which introduce the micropayment problem. But why does it have to be this way? There doesn't have to be a micropayment system if the postage goes to the server *owner* rather than the inbox owner (or renter, in the case of the vast majority of the internet population). Look at the backbones - money changes hands every day based on peering arrangements, yet no one ever asks me (as an end user) to provide a credit card to pay for it on a packet-by-packet basis. IMO an e-postage system would have a greater likelihood of success if were wholesale, not retail. -Derek _______________________________________________ spamcon-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.spamcon.org/mailman/listinfo/spamcon-general#subscribers Subscribe, unsubscribe, etc: Use the URL above or send "help" in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
