Re: Feedback on Hypertext Mail Protocol (a.k.a. Stub Email)

Nathan Cheng <[email protected]> wrote:
> So then perhaps the only benefit of IM2000 schemes over today's 
> situation is that you get to see the Subject/Sender/To of the email 
> before retrieving the entire email?

No, the prime benefit is that mail is stored by the sender.  

That means the spammer bears the cost of hosting the mail, so spam becomes
less economically attractive.

It also means that if a spammer sets up an IM2000 server and sends out fifty
million copies of his latest penis enhancement spam, the first person to
complain to the ISP and get their connectivity yanked prevents the remainder
of those fifty million recipients from ever seeing that spam.

Charles
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