Well, we could propose a simple, three-dimensional model for any spam
solution whose axes would be:
1. Adoption (perhaps percentage of servers or clients.)
2. Spam reduction (percentage of spam)
3. Time (years or whatever.)
and try to judge the merit of a proposal on that basis.
Obviously one can't predict such a curve with any great accuracy but
at least we'd be estimating the same parameters for discussions' sake.
As an example, I think RMX would have a fairly steeply rising curve
over time for Adoption, particularly if # of servers was weighted by
the number of clients they represent (e.g., if AOL adopts it then
that's a big jump), and then adoption would probably slow down a lot
(i.e., early adopters adopt early and everyone else ignores it
mostly), and the (measurable) spam reduction would be small to zero
because I don't think it's a spam-reducer.
Others no doubt have another opinion, but if accepted this might be
some grounds for a common criteria.
I'll dub it the "Effectiveness Axes" or E-Axes for short.
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