Re: e-postage stamps, was Welcome to the new(ish) ASRG list

Hmm Maybe

but nothing else has worked. Perhaps its time to revisit old ideas with a 
fresh perspective.

My favourite idea back then was collect mail. I could not believe nor 
understand the attitude from many members of this list that it was not the 
senders responsibilty to store emails until collected. To me it was the sole 
responsibility of the sender (or their isp) to store until collection. Data 
retention laws will soon do the same thing anyway.

It also has the added advantage that email lists are automatically pruned.  
To me it was a very good solution, particularly for important emails such as 
the banking system. uncollected mail could be automatically forwarded for 
follow up if the subject matter was of high importance. such as "your 
account is overdue".

But people as they are tend to poo poo any ideas which they didn't think of.

Regards
Chris

On 17/03/2013 3:27 PM, John R. Levine wrote:
>> Hadn't read that or anything like it. Even though its not new, a system 
>> of refundable stamps may well be a system worth revisiting. Nothing else 
>> has worked.
>
> I don't see anything that's changed since 2004 that would make them any 
> more workable now than they were then.
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