[Vision2020] Spam

[Debbie Gray]

I read somewhere that Bill Gates also had an idea that you could 'earn'
the cost of the postage for solving a little 15 second puzzle or
something, just something to slow down the barrage of spam spam spam. I
haven't even noticed a blink in the rate of spam and I think it's getting
way more disgusting in topic (eg. yesterday was Hot Farm Girl with Horses
and Livestock... My all time most intriguing spam title is: Tramp and Hobo
Sex fetish site.  Maybe it was about Hobo Spiders but I doubt it)

Bleck.

Debbie
disclaimer: I hope I have not offended any livestock, farm girls, tramps
or hobos. I am sure they can share many romantic moments.


On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Brad Neuman wrote:

> Actually Bill Gates idea is not that every user pays postage.  It is that
> for a user to send mail, he/she post a small postage (think bond) fee.  If
> the note turns out to be spam, the receiver gets this fee.  If the note is
> legitimate, the send keeps the fee.
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> I might be willing to put up with spam at 15 cents (just a guess) or so
> charge.  It only takes about 1 second for me to hit delete.  That is a pay
> rate of a little over $500 per hour.  Given that payment, I would be willing
> to get all the spam in the world.  I could quit my job and just get spam all
> day.
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> Brad Neuman
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] On
> Behalf Of LuJane Nisse publisher
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 2:16 PM
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Spam
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> we don't pay postage on email? I thought we did... it is called a monthly
> charge to a provider such as First Step.
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> A "per email" charge would sure cut down on spam I bet.
>
> back to page layout.....
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> LJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of Art Deco aka W. Fox
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 1:59 PM
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Spam
>
> Interested Parties,
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> It might be interesting to see how Vision 2020 subscribers feel about the
> effects of recent federal anti-spam legislation.
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> How does the average number per week now compare with before the
> legislation?
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> Has the kind or subjects of the spam changed in any way since the
> legislation?
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> Do you agree will Bill Gates that users (all) of email should pay postage?
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> To those that use Postini:  What is your opinion?  How could it be improved?
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> What kind of solutions would you propose for controlling or eliminating
> spam?
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> What other comments do you have about spam?
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> Wayne Fox
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Debbie

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