While we're at it, why don't we make it illegal for people to kill each other. If it were illegal, with stiff fines, we'd surely get rid of murder. Same for drug use.
I find it highly implausible that a regulatory structure like that proposed below would make a whit of difference other than increasing the proportion of spam coming from disreputable firms. On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Fred Foldvary wrote: > --- "Ole J. Rogeberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A problem with Fred's solution is that the most obnoxious spammers would > > probably set their field to the "non-spam" when they sent out spam, > > But if it were illegal, with stiff fines, for a spam message to have the > field set as non-spam, that would decrease the volume. > > Fred Foldvary > > ===== > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com >