Hello rich, On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:04:37 -0500 GMT (25/12/2003, 04:04 +0700 GMT), rich gregory wrote:
> As a matter of fact I would support legislation that would charge a > fee (a small fee like 1/2 penny each) for every email sent. Maybe > that would take the economic incentive out of spamming. Now here's a thought. Cost of billing and collection by the ISPs notwithstanding, this would be taxed. There was an internet hoax a few years ago saying that the government (of your country of residence) would start billing for email, like the post offices bill for regular mail... I guess they might start with half a penny, but increase over the years; implications abound. And as for the spammers, maybe it would quiet them down. But then again, I get spam mail in my physical letterbox, postage paid. More than half a penny of postage, too. f'up2tbot -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance. Message reply created with The Bat! 2.02.3 CE under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using a Pentium P4 1.7 GHz, 256MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.02.3 CE | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
