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Re: Conservation Laws, Money, Engines, and Ontology (fwd)
On Fri, 6 Sep 96 14:04:51 -0500, Andrew Loewenstern wrote:
>> 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.
It's likely his $.05 would go to the list owner. When signing up for the list
you would forfeit the right to collect on junk mail. Charging spammers would
be up to the list...
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