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

[Walter Dnes]

On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 03:43:42PM -0400, wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org wrote

>> "Anybody whose computer was zombied gets a scary bill and the
>> alternative of terminating the account or immediately sanitizing the
>> computer and maybe paying a reduced fee for the inconvenience caused."

> This is absolutely what I don't believe can happen.  I guess that's just how I
> see it and will drag my feet the whole way should anyone decide to implement
> this system.

   What I'm waiting for is somebody getting their computer zombied, and
used in a DDOS, or spamblast, and being sued for "contributory
negligence" by the victim.  This might scare some sense into people.

> Second, how are the ISPs going to separate the mailing lists from
> the spammers?

  Long live NNTP.

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