[Gllug] Paying to send email..

[Alain Williams]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 12:09:06PM +0000, Martyn Drake wrote:
> Is anybody else concerned about this as I am, and that I don't think  
> it's going to make any difference to the overall level of crap that  
> goes through (other than to perhaps make AOL and Yahoo even more money)?
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4684942.stm

I don't think that it will fly - principally 'cos is requires users
to 'sign up' for up, lethargy will ensure that most won't bother.

If they auto sign up everybody there will be howls of protest as all mail
gets bounced.

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Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
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