From: Mike <Michael.Johnson@mejl.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 15:22:32 +0800
To: Robert Hettinga <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Spam-killing PGP5/ecash postage plugin Was Re: Remailer   chaining  plugin for Eudora
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Robert Hettinga wrote:
>> and it would be the death of mailing lists.
>Not at all. At the very least, mail from lists I'm subcribed to could
come
>postage due.

But then you'll get spam on the list. Most of the spam I get is from
mailing lists.

If it's $.02 to send a mail to 10000 cypherpunks, then spammers won't
hesitate to send it. If it's $.02 * 10000 ($200) then only rich people
(like tcmay) will post here. The only solution I see is moderation and
censorship, and that can be (and has been) done without e-postage.

Exactly how do you think that e-postage would decrease spam on mailing
lists?

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Mike.