Re: The spam problem (was: re:fwd:re:cdr:etc.)

2003-03-24 Thread Eric S. Johansson
R. A. Hettinga wrote: --- begin forwarded text Unless MTAs can reject mail for lack of postage, this approach will not fix a large majority of the problems of spam. Unless clearing is built into the protocol, sender pays is a non-starter. I agree that there are lots of good reasons for sender-pays

Re: The spam problem (was: re:fwd:re:cdr:etc.)

2003-03-24 Thread Steve Schear
At 05:12 PM 3/23/2003 -0500, Jamie Lawrence wrote: >On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, Steve Schear wrote: > > > >Unless MTAs can reject mail for lack of postage, this approach will not > > >fix a large majority of the problems of spam. Unless clearing is built > > >into the protocol, sender pays is a non-starte

Re: The spam problem (was: re:fwd:re:cdr:etc.)

2003-03-23 Thread Jamie Lawrence
On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, Steve Schear wrote: > >Unless MTAs can reject mail for lack of postage, this approach will not > >fix a large majority of the problems of spam. Unless clearing is built > >into the protocol, sender pays is a non-starter. > > I agree that there are lots of good reasons for sen

Re: The spam problem (was: re:fwd:re:cdr:etc.)

2003-03-23 Thread Steve Schear
At 02:56 PM 3/23/2003 -0500, Jamie Lawrence wrote: On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Steve Schear wrote: > What part of the infrastructure is being made scarce? You and I aren't > part of the infrastructure. The selection of a value for our time is just > another market force at work. Unless MTAs can reject