Re: how to _really_ stop spam

["J.D. Falk" <jdfalk () priori net>]

On Sep 6, Barb Dijker <barb () netrack net> wrote: 

> -Validate new users through an anti-spam bureau

        Good idea -- though, as you point out, it gets into sticky
        privacy issues as well as a number of other things.

        I've seen ideas very similar to this one proposed a number
        of times, but the conversation usually ends when everybody
        realizes that it's out of their realm of expertiese.  If
        you really want to make this happen, contact companies that
        do similar things for other industries -- for example, the
        cellular phone industry, satellite TV, that kind of thing.

        If somebody actually starts this ball rolling, I'm sure a
        lot of dial-up type ISP's will join in.

        And, use another mailing list to discuss it, 'cause it's
        not within the charter of NANOG.  *grin*

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