On Feb 10, 2009, at 7:09 PM, John Leslie wrote:
As far as "deployment" plans, that seems premature; but I could
respond to specific questions about how it might deploy. (Keep in
mind that mass-email isn't all spam, and there are quite a few mass-
emailers that currently pay "vouching" services to improve their
delivery rates.)
It would seem any e-postage system requires international arrangements
similar to what now accommodates the exchange of physical mail.
Perhaps some type of random number exchange and cancelation process
may involve the IETF. Making random numbers the size of IPv6 might
allow routers to sort validations and cancelations for a new type of
postal router.
The next question might be how would countries be compensated for the
dispersal of e-postage tokens, and their collection of fees? The
token itself should encode the country of origin. Perhaps e-postage
could be priced at one-tenth the price of international first-class
stamps. How can discount e-postage be prevented, since there would be
a profit motive to cheat? Perhaps this could be seen as a charity for
third-world countries that have the cheapest stamps.
-Doug
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