Spam

Jon Ribbens jon+ukcrypto at unequivocal.co.uk
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:57:00 +0100


Roland Perry <roland@linx.net> wrote:
> There is a general rule that Spam is not a technical problem, and
> technical measures will always have drawbacks. What's needed is a way to
> solve the social problem.

The problem is that it is cheaper to send than to receive. It seems to
me that this can be solved either socially (through legislation) or
technologically (by replacing SMTP with something else). Neither of
these solutions is easy though.