At 1:55 AM -0700 2003/10/08, Adonis El Fakih wrote:
In direct answer to your questions:
- The recipient collects from sender.
- Sender pays with a digital prepaid card.
Can the amount charged to the sender vary, based on whether or
not the recipient thinks the message is spam?
I.e., I wouldn't want to charge my family or friends anything (in
most cases ;-), but I would want to charge spammers.
- the stamp is not attached since it could be reused by others,
instead a unique stamp (alphanumeric character) is issued and
is valid for one transaction.
- A filter detects the postage, autheticates it, and forwards it
for delivery if payment checks out.
Does this mean that all mail has to be processed through a
central system? If so, is that then forwarded on to the users normal
mailbox elsewhere in the world, or are they required to come to the
central system to pick up their mail?
How do you deal with mail which doesn't have a stamp?
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