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Re: [Asrg] Thoughts so far

2003-03-20 11:20:28
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 08:42:43AM -0800, Steve Schear wrote:
At 04:04 PM 3/19/2003 +0000, Tony Finch wrote:

I like the Microsoft Penny Black idea of refundable stamps, which is
unfortunately not described on their web page. The idea being that
legitimate email is effectively free, but unwanted email costs money.

Funny how they focus on the ticket service, the only variant that requires 
a central server run by, err, guess who?

Yes :-) Though I think it could be changed into a distributed system not
unlike the DNS, in which case it would have equivalent privacy implications.
Though of course then you have to decide which ticket servers you trust...

Tony.
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