joe andress <mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A very interesting article:
>
> "A system that backers claim will eliminate e-mail spam is about to
> be deployed by a major Internet service provider, giving a boost to
> an emerging technology that if widely adopted would change how people
> communicate online."
>
>
> Full article at:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A22390-2003May6


Someone using a package that does the same thing signed up on one of the
e-mail lists I monitor a couple months ago. He was almost lynched, as every
message sent to the list by any member of the list, generated a <please
click here to let your email through> email to the sender of the message.

Supposedly the users have the option (when setting it up) of "whitelisting"
known addresses; but as many distribution lists work differently (coming
from different addresses) this will likely be a major problem if rolled out
to large ISPs... I can just imagine the fun if a hundred or so folks on
HP3000-L suddenly implemented that "feature". :-O

 -Chris Bartram

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