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RE: Anti-spam groups reject e-mail payment plan
I would change service if I knew that my ISP was getting paid to allow certain companies to avoid my SPAM filter. I think I would feel differently if I was getting paid though. E-mail from gdfhkhg@betteroffers.com that are the same message as fgjdkhrieo@betteroffers.com are obviously aware of the SPAM nature of their communications and are crafting their message to circumvent spam filters that would block anything from betteroffers.com. If my ISP was charging betteroffers.com for every message they sent, that revenue should reduce my bill. I thing the cornerstone of SPAM business is that they don't have to pay for the messages they send. Those messages have a cost to process, transmit and receive. They also have a cost in the time it takes to weed them out of my Inbox. I'm sure that I never asked to be informed about new ways to "stregthen my member" or cleanse my colon. Yet every day I get new offers. I think that my ISP should send a bill for every message I nominate as SPAM. It should be a small but real amount, like 5 cents. Companies would have to agree to pay or their messages would not get through. Then, if I read it, the sender get's charged and a portion of that fee get's credited to my bill. But if I don't read it, the sender get's a credit on his bill.
Posted by: mcsystemsgb   Posted on: 09/16/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Do we trust AOL and Yahoo....  JoeMama_z | 02/07/06
Bad idea  amorde | 02/07/06
Hostage Email and False Positives  powella@... | 02/09/06
I doubt the spirit of the Internet is their goal  BitTwiddler | 02/07/06
Pay the recipient of the e-mail  Ronny102 | 02/07/06
only works for personal email  Flubnut | 02/07/06
Pay the "Recipient"  toj@... | 02/08/06
How's that?  John Zern | 02/07/06
Not directly..  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
Freedoms? Rights?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
Re: Freedoms? Rights?  yyuko@... | 02/07/06
The constitution doesn't say...  rapson | 02/07/06
I agree (nt)  CobraA1 | 02/07/06
Sorry but no, no where does the Constitution say  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
or  LinuxHippie | 02/08/06
freedom of communication  unclefixer@... | 09/15/08
I want to publish a book, it shouldn't cost me anything...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
You can do it if you look hard enough.  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
Yes indeed you did leave one out.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
Easily fixed  tic swayback | 02/07/06
No, I didn't  Patrick Jones | 02/08/06
Send it to me  tic swayback | 02/08/06
Good way to lose customers  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Or win customers over...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/07/06
Doesn't sound like control to me  tic swayback | 02/07/06
I agree  Patrick Jones | 02/08/06
Re: Or win customers over...  none none | 02/08/06
Simply Block Yahoo/AOL  DragonBRockin | 02/08/06
Gimme yer dough or get a deluge of Spam!  RTedrow | 02/08/06
As long as you use your ISP's e-mail and not something like Yahoo or G-mail  Betelgeuse58 | 02/08/06
Pay at both ends though? Like Cellphone Plans?  powella@... | 02/09/06
All too true and NOT funny!  Betelgeuse58 | 02/11/06
Another Idea  DaveMc_z | 02/08/06
Yahoo charging for e-mail!  JOKER-JIM | 02/08/06
bull crap  jasong8301 | 02/08/06
e-mail payment plan  tomcatv1 | 02/09/06
Give the people a universal line item veto  steventwill | 02/12/06
RE: Anti-spam groups reject e-mail payment plan  mcsystemsgb | 09/16/08

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