I think it'd be okay to be paid a pittance. In fact, I would hope the auction lets people send emails for free. For people that don't get much email, then, it's

I think it'd be okay to be paid a pittance. In fact, I would hope the auction lets people send emails for free. For people that don't get much email, then, it's just like normal, no problems. If you get a lot, people will notice you have 500 emails left unread and go "hm, maybe I should jump the queue". So they pay a dollar. The biggest concern is that if you get a huge number of emails a day, it's kind of sad that people that don't want to pay are pushed down so far. I'm not sure how the service works, but maybe the queue could be designed to balance money with time spent waiting? I feel like I should dislike this idea, but I think I like it.