At 07:09 AM 6/23/2003 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 11:23:09AM -0400, Yakov Shafranovich wrote
> From the charter:
> "The definition of spam messages is not clear and is not consistent
> across different individuals or organizations. Therefore, we
> generalize the problem into "consent-based communication". This
> means that an individual or organization should be able to express
> consent or lack of consent for certain communication and have the
> architecture support those desires. "
>
> We have no architecture in place for consent-based communications.
> First lets develop that architecture, and than we can decide what
> goes into it.
[..]
The Proposal
============
Business phone lines cost more than residential phone lines, and ditto
for business versus residential ISP connections. The best analogy is
regular paper mail. Ordinary letters are often insufficient for
business and/or legal purposes. If you want to guarantee speedy
delivery (or delivery, period) you expect to pay extra for registered
mail or for a courier. Businesses will probably accept "business ISPs"
that guarantee delivery *TO CUSTOMERS OF THAT OR ANOTHER BUSINESS ISP*.
What about interoperability? How will different email providers decided who
is responsible for paying what? Also, who will enforce such structure?
Postal services of many countries use a UN affiliated organization called
the International Postal Union which settles these matters. Is it good to
put control into one body?
I am suggesting a major paradigm change. Up til now people have been
used to "THE email system". My proposal is to rename "THE email system"
to "Personal Email" and create a parallel system called "Business Email".
"Business Email" would cost extra, and *TRANSMISSION* would be only via a
per-email and per-megabyte user fee. The general public could join with
free "read-only" accounts, with the option of sending one-off messages
for a low fee. This would literally be the best of both worlds...
- businesses would be guaranteed the delivery of important documents
because business ISPs could charge sufficient fees to finance a
sufficiently robust infra-structure.
- today's email system, used by Grandma to keep in touch with the
grandkids, wouldn't have to be totally perverted for the sake of
big business.
What about the issue of spam in Personal email?
[..]
Many details remain to be filled in. Comments, suggestions ?
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