Author: coyotecoyote Date: Apr 29, 2007 04:09
Paul E. Schoen wrote:
> "coyote" wrote in message
> news:d_adnXl7AqZgQa7bnZ2dnUVZ_t2tnZ2d@giganews.com...>> Paul E. Schoen wrote:
>>
>>> I proposed a penny per email (or post) "tax", which would have cost the
>>> perp in this case only $60. Sometimes you have to give up a portion of
>>> your freedom when someone else abuses that freedom for cowardly and
>>> immature actions such as this.
>> It wont work. People have been proposing this solution for years, and it
>> wouldnt have worked when it was first suggested and it most certainly
>> will not work now.
>>
>> Back in 2004 John Levine wrote this document explaining why not:
>> http://www.taugh.com/epostage.pdf
>>
>> If you need to look him up: http://www.johnlevine.com/
>>
>> All the issues he raises are still valid, and the advent of large zombie
>> networks since then make your idea even less useful. The ultimate result ...
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