Subject: RE: [Asrg] Re: the e-postage argument

From: "Bob Atkinson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:59:47 -0700

> > An implicit assumption in this discussion is that in the ePostage
> > model money must flow from sender to receiver.
> 
> Well, yes.  The basic problem with spam is the imposition of cost on
> unwilling recipients; I see little point in epostage that pays some
> other party, as then the recipient has still lost; it's just that
> someone else has benefited instead.  I fail to see how this improves
> matters significantly.

It improves matters by significantly raising the transaction cost for
the spammer to send mail (currently ballpark 0.01 cent), thus reducing
the attractiveness of this advertising medium. 

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