On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 9:48 AM, ANDY HOLT <andy.h...@tesco.net> wrote:
> > >> Spam will not stop until the last spammer is dead. > > > > Actually, it's really simple to stop spam. Simple, not easy. > > > > You just need to delegate responsibility along with authority when > > handing out netblocks, registering domain names, and the like. > > When there were only tens of thousands of mail nodes (few of which had > more than a > few thousand accounts it was practical to put the responsibility on > postmasters. > With tens of millions (often with millions of customers) that is no longer > so. > "Every time you send a spam message, you kill a kitten. Think of the kittens. Unless you're a dog person - then think of the puppies." -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."