Re[2]: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Pierre Vandevenne wrote:

> Good Day,
>
> D> The great thing about the Goodmail scheme, is that if a spammer wants to
>
> The bad thing about the Goodmail scheme, at least imho, is that it
> will be "yet another spam fighting scheme".
>
> I would probably embrace a truly global 1c per message scenario. This
> has drawbacks though: I don't expect the user of this
>
> http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
>
> to be able to pay, or simply to have a payment method at his disposal.
> But let's assume that this is a fight that is better fought another
> day...
>
> The "pay one dollar here", "modify your dns zone files here", "respond
> to a challenge here", "be blacklisted here" etc... etc... schemes add
> a lot of confusion and trouble if they aren't universal. Now, as you
> said, old stuff is delivered as it usually was. Fine. The first
> class/bulk mail analogy holds. However, when I send first class mail,
> I only have one entity to deal with, one thing to worry about -
> postage. I don't have to establish an account with anyone, don't have
> associated joining/administrative/whatever fees etc...
>
> For me, it isn't really a matter of cost, but rather a matter of
> practical issues...
>
> (I can't wait for the day I'll use the internet to watch TV, my iPod
> to listen to radio and authentic saliva to stamp my e-mails...)
 
What a great idea. An area of your mouse that you lick to prove (via the 
DNA sample) that you are who you say you are. 

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