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Someone had the idea that the one sending the emails should be the one hosting them, not the one receiving them. The cost would be insignificant for most people
by anchpop 10y ago
Someone had the idea that the one sending the emails should be the one hosting them, not the one receiving them. The cost would be insignificant for most people but people who send a huge amount of emails would have to pay significantly more than they do today
- greenshackle2 10y agoAnother idea is proof-of-work systems - the sender has to prove that they've performed some work. hashcash is an example, where to sender has to compute a hash with certain properties, and use is as a 'stamp'. You'd need a whitelist system along with it, else legitimate lists with large subscription bases would get hit hard.
- rogerbinns 10y agoWhile sounding good in theory, it changes a dynamic in practise. In particular reading a mail would now require connecting to the sender's systems in order to get the message. That would then give them read confirmation, confirmation that your address is valid, location information (geoip etc) and an opportunity to deliver different content when you request the message versus the stub that was sent announcing it. As is usual with these kind of proposals, you'll find it ticks many items on the checklist: https://craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt https://craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt