-- On 14 Aug 2002 at 4:36, Peter Fairbrother wrote: > For instance, limiting the number of recipients of an email > (the cryptogeek system I'm working on [m-o-o-t] just allows > one), or limiting the number of emails one IP can send per > day (adjusted for number of users). > > There was an EU proposal to force spammers (who are not > always unwanted) to put [ADV] in the Subject: line, with > appropriate penalties if they failed to, but it didn't happen > (and we got long-term traffic data retention instead). > > I don't know offhand how to do it, but having unelected and > unaccountable people (making the conditions for) stopping my > email is unacceptable.
Solution is obvious and has been known for a long time Integrate payment with email. If anyone not on your approved list wants to send you mail, they have to pay you x, where x is a trivial sum, say a cent or two. Spammers wind up sending huge amounts of mail to unmonitored mailboxes, which will make spamming unprofitable. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG DIY+MmmrLQhijrJvvUennc4PKuW3ydzF1s8Phfvc 2thHL52WvLYLBuy1gMvfbs8U1toNuUIIWvvhnySCw