Re: The introduction problem, was Thinking outside the box

On Mar 19, 2013, at 11:10 AM, John Levine <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> Not really.  In both cases, key distribution makes them unusable at
>>> large scale.
>> 
>> With the partial exception of tagged/disposable addresses, where the
>> simple password is part of the email address.
> 
> It's still got the key distribution problem, in that it is far from
> obvious how two parties who wish to communicate using tagged addresses
> exchange the addresses in the first place.

In the majority of the cases, exactly the same way they do now. Party A gives
party B the address. That it's a tagged address doesn't affect any of that
process.

Works fine. I've been doing it for years.

It doesn't, of course, reduce the amount of spam you receive. If anything
it significantly increases it. That problem is unavoidable the moment
you give someone multiple identifiers rather than a single one.

Cheers,
  Steve