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[Chris Hubbard]

Mind you, if you'd read the article, you'd see that it isn't about money 
at all.  It's more of a sophisticated (if somewhat lame) challenge 
response system.  This isn't Bill or Microsoft's idea.  This kind of 
idea has been floated a number of times.  Implementing it would be 
horrifically difficult. 

And, oh, yeah, it wouldn't stop spam.  It would, for a time, slow down 
how long it took the spammers to send out spam.  But the system doesn't 
stop spam, just makes it more "expensive" in terms of CPU and 
bandwidth.   And both CPU and bandwidth are getting cheaper.  So...  Is 
it a good idea?  Not really.  Is it feasible?  No.  Does it have 
anything to do with cash?  No.  Is there a financial impact? Yes, both 
for the spammer and the intended recipient.

A hybrid system is a better choice.  But they're not as sexy.
Chris


jon baer wrote:

>LOL ... what in the world ...
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/05/spam.charge.ap/index.html
>
>-snip-
>NEW YORK (AP) -- If the U.S. Postal Service delivered mail for free, our
>mailboxes would surely runneth over with more credit-card offers,
>sweepstakes entries, and supermarket fliers. That's why we get so much junk
>e-mail: It's essentially free to send. So Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill
>Gates, among others, is now suggesting that we start buying "stamps" for
>e-mail.
>-snip-
>
>pgp key: http://www.jonbaer.net/jonbaer.asc
>fingerprint: F438 A47E C45E 8B27 F68C 1F9B 41DB DB8B 9A0C AF47
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