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

Indeed. I had breakfast with her recently, she was particularly jazzed on the Facebook idea of charging people to send email to unknown correspondents for, at the time $100.

I'd like to get in on that action, too. I don't know a great many people on this list, so please cut me a cheque for say … $25 (I'm no Esther Dyson) and I promise to read your email.

Alternatively, I'll sell you Esther Dyson's email address for $75.

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(One thing that occurs to me is that this thread is predicated on an flawed assumption:

"It has been solidly proven we can forget about ISP's implementing a consistent anti -spam system"

I'd argue much the opposite Spam as a problem was solved several years ago. I'll elaborate. Botnet spam is easily dealt with. DNSBLs like The CBL (which doesn't operate solely by IP but also by botnet signature) stop the vast majority of botnet spam. Greymail spam from 'legitimate' is dealt with by reputation systems such as whitelisting and proprietary systems at the free mail providers, particularly Gmail and Hotmail. Those will become more common.

What is an increasing problem is malware - distributed in any number of ways, including drive by sites and social media and any messaging channel you might think of, both land and mobile-based. And yes, SMS Spam has made that landscape as polluted as email was six years ago, but with additional complications.)


On Mar 17, 2013, at 2:25 AM, Richi Jennings <[email protected]> wrote:

> I note that Esther Dyson continues to try drumming up support for e-postage.
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> Probably because she invested in the notorious C/R spammer, Boxbe ;-)
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