Spam Wars

[GwydionM]

More progress, see

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/12/11/uk.spam.ban/index.html

and

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/technology/3308989.stm.

It's a pity the original libertarian-anarchic ideas didn't work out. But a few greedy people can spoil life for everyone, so we do need enforcement.

 

[jrbarnett]

Take a look at the Spam Rage thread in this forum, which we are discussing this at the moment, amongst other related topics.

John

 

[sleipnir214]

It's not a matter of libertarian-anarchic ideas working out. It's a matter of no one's anticipating the ubiquity of the internet at the time when the core protocols were being ratified.

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