From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 21:37:05 -0800 (PST)
To: Peter Hendrickson <ph@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Hardening lists against spam attacks
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Peter Hendrickson wrote:

> If our custom was to send money to people who make good posts, then
> you could imagine the fee being quite high, say $20, since most of
> the money will be made back.  Voila! We have a wonderful feedback
> system for how much contribution we have made.

   And there would be no possibility of ending up with a forum
consisting
of those with the most money spending all of their time agreeing with
one another.