Will certified e-mail stop spam? (was: unsubscribing... etc)

[Jason Spiro]

On 4/12/06, Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I wonder if you meant to say "instead of being a fatal blow?" I should
> think that in this case, unsuspecting users would be an *asset* in
> striking the fatal blow at a pay-per-message scheme.

Jamon, Christopher,

I would prefer a bond-based system by far: a system where there's only
a charge if the recipient clicks the "This is spam" button. A
stamp-based system such as the one that AOL is setting up is worse,
but currently IIRC it's in a limited stage where unpaid emails are
still delivered, they're just passed through ordinary anti-spam
filtering software first. This limited stage may turn out to be far
better than nothing at all.

Also, it wouldn't be that hard to switch to a bond-based system later
on. The use of a stamp system during the trial period is a good way to
figure out whether people want to use a paid email system at all.

Regards,
Jason
--
The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org
TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml