[ale] OT: the Penny Black anti-spam proposal

[Greg]

Since many spammers just use others pc's I don't think the $/emails would
work.

Since many spammers are overseas I am not sure about the burning at the
stake - however that would be a good job for the usually useless UN to do.
I am for that.

Reverse email verification could be worked around if you use an account you
set up on a hacked machine or are overseas.

What's needed is a massive campaign on the part of users to run up the
spammers machines cpu to the point where it blows up.  Then it would be easy
for sys admins to find out if their system is being used for spam.

I dunno - I think the burning at the stake method is the best so far.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> Geoffrey
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 5:00 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: the Penny Black anti-spam proposal
>
>
> Jim Philips wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Microsoft is proposing a technical approach to slow down spam. There
> > would be a processing hit on the sender side that could hinder
> > spammers. But for the approach to work, it would have to be an open
> > standard (otherwise Linux users could spam at will). See more at:
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3324883.stm
> >
> > I'm curious to know what others think of this approach...based on its
> > merits, not its source.
>
> I think it's completely stupid.  It's a bandaid.  Burn the spammers at
> the stake is the correct solution.  Reverse email verification or forced
> authentication.
>
> I know you didn't want to address the issue of where the idea came from,
> but it seems so much like Microsoft to come up with a solution that is
> going to waste more cpu...
>
> I'd rather see a $$ cost associated with this problem.  I don't know
> what the actual parameters would be, but for example, charge $1 for
> every 1000 emails.  I'd be please to pay an extra $1 a month.  If you're
> sending out 1,000,000 messages every week, you're going to feel the pain.
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net
>
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