[CS-FSLUG] My analysis of the email spam problem

[Fred Miller]

On Saturday October 9 2004 4:54 pm, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> An example of an anti-spam approach where this peer-to-peer nature
> of email and the corresponding freedom would likely be lost is the
> "pay-for-email" scheme that Bill Gates has been pushing.
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18201953

[snip]

To be clear, I and MOST Net. users WON'T pay any more for services than they 
are presently, and I dare say MOST WON'T be under the restrictions as 
proposed by MickySoft, once they understand them. FORTUNATELY, the industry 
ISN'T going to be held hostage by Gates and his little hairbags on this. IF 
SMTP is modified as it should be, it will eliminate the SPAM problem very 
quickly, and efficiently, because SPAMMERS (vermin) won't be able to hide 
behind a phoney address any longer......they WILL be traceable and trackable. 
I find that more than amusing. :)

Fred

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