[IP] The only solution to spam

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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> Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 14:40:15 -0700
> To: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu
> From: Dan Lynch <dan@lynch.com>
> Subject: The only solution to spam
> Cc: Zack Lynch <z.lynch@attbi.com>
>
>
> Dave,  Spam exists because it is profitable for the spammers to do 
> it.  How about making it unprofitable instead?  My son Zack has suggested 
> a solution that simply makes it so all (yes ALL) email must carry with it 
> (probably as an attachment) a cybercoin style token for (say) a dime that 
> the sender must present to the receiving mail system (most likely at your 
> ISP) or the ISP will drop the mail on the floor.   That is the end state 
> of the system.  There are some obvious hurdles to getting there, but if it 
> were installed on the major sites (MSN, AOL, Earthlink, etc.) the spammers 
> would be stopped cold with this barrier.  Oh, you also need to 
> (eventually) change the client software so that the dime gets sent back to 
> the sender if they are on your white list or somesuch list.   Use whatever 
> existing cybertoken system you wish, or invent a new one.  This is the 
> basic idea and I am sure a much better design is out there in the minds of 
> others to come up with a viable system.
>
> All the legal stuff in the world won't stop a profitable business. Look at 
> the various "vices" in the world for proof.  Let's just make it 
> unprofitable for spammers.
>
> Dan


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