| Do-Not Spam lists, E-Mail Filtering... Both ideas of a do not spam list (for those who do not want to receive spam) and charging for e-mail (to financially limit e-mails & provide accountability through the billing process) are well meaning ideas, but unfortunately have one serious limitation in common. How does this stop spam coming from off-shore accounts? At least you can trace phone calls, which provides a fair degree of accountability. Charging for e-mail might slow down some spammers who are working on a margin & easily traced, but given the patchwork of computers that make up the internet there is no easy or practical way to track and charge/tax all e-mail traffic, even in this country... |
