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Re: Conservation Laws, Money, Engines, and Ontology (fwd)
Donald Eastlake writes:
> I don't think any one step will solve all our spam problems
> but I wouldn't mind spending, say, 5 cents for each real piece
> of mail I sent outside my company and if end machines charged
> 5 cents per piece of ouside mail received, I think spamming
> would be crippled. (Note that with bad guy lists, you could
> collect the money and then just throw away the mail.)
So would you be willing to pay $50.00 for this message you sent to
cypherpunks? If there are a thousand recipients and each one charges $0.05
for the priveledge of you sending it e-mail.... It seems like such a scheme
would not only cripple spam, but public discussion lists like this one.
andrew