RE: Bill Gates' ludicrous ideas to "block spam"

2003-06-30 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 04:07, Jones, Steven wrote: > It would just be a matter of time before your email address was sold by > Gates to a spammer I bet. Too late. Have you tried opening a hotmail account and just leaving it for a few weeks. You will get spam in there even if you dont use that adr

RE: Bill Gates' ludicrous ideas to "block spam"

2003-06-30 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 04:07, Jones, Steven wrote: > It would just be a matter of time before your email address was sold by > Gates to a spammer I bet. Too late. Have you tried opening a hotmail account and just leaving it for a few weeks. You will get spam in there even if you dont use that adr

Re: Bill Gates' ludicrous ideas to "block spam"

2003-06-30 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Sunday 29 June 2003 05:39, Gene Grimm wrote: > Has anyone heard any details about Gates' new ideas on how to "block" > spam? [...] > First, he wants to create a "challenge response" scheme [...]This is what > I fear: > 3. Recipient's mail client downloads incoming message for analysis > 4. Re

RE: Bill Gates' ludicrous ideas to "block spam"

2003-06-30 Thread Jones, Steven
8><=== I think Gates' second idea is more of a joke. He wants to require mail senders to "offer cash" to the recipient. The recipient would get the cash if they chose to open a message from an unknown sender. Potential customers would have to pay to send an inquiry to a company asking

Re: Bill Gates' ludicrous ideas to "block spam"

2003-06-30 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Sunday 29 June 2003 05:39, Gene Grimm wrote: > Has anyone heard any details about Gates' new ideas on how to "block" > spam? [...] > First, he wants to create a "challenge response" scheme [...]This is what > I fear: > 3. Recipient's mail client downloads incoming message for analysis > 4. Re

RE: Bill Gates' ludicrous ideas to "block spam"

2003-06-30 Thread Jones, Steven
8><=== I think Gates' second idea is more of a joke. He wants to require mail senders to "offer cash" to the recipient. The recipient would get the cash if they chose to open a message from an unknown sender. Potential customers would have to pay to send an inquiry to a company asking

Bill Gates' ludicrous ideas to "block spam"

2003-06-29 Thread Gene Grimm
Has anyone heard any details about Gates' new ideas on how to "block" spam? The Money section of Thursday's USA Today had an article about two rediculous ideas Gates came up with to fight spam. These ideas, IMHO, show he has no clue how the Internet mail system really works. First, he wants to

Bill Gates' ludicrous ideas to "block spam"

2003-06-29 Thread Gene Grimm
Has anyone heard any details about Gates' new ideas on how to "block" spam? The Money section of Thursday's USA Today had an article about two rediculous ideas Gates came up with to fight spam. These ideas, IMHO, show he has no clue how the Internet mail system really works. First, he wants to