Or how about instead of creating a black list of emails we create a white list of email addresses that are allowed to come through. Any email not on the list is put in Junkmail then is scanned for spam, if it is not spam it tells you "X messages in unapproved folder, X messages considered spam" Gunnar _____ From: Berger, Gunnar Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:25 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT-Stamps for email I think this is the wrong way to answer a problem. I have a very simple solution, a password. When you send email it would have a new tab for password. This of course would be saved in the senders address book so they wouldn't have to remember. But for the people who need to email me I would give them my password. They don't know my password it doesn't come through. If you think about it whoever is emailing you already needs to write down the email address, so what if we changed it to email address and password. This isn't the solution but it is a lot better idea than paying for something no one will ever pay for. Well, scratch that I'm always amazed at what people will pay for. Gunnar _____ From: Puetz, Christoph [mailto:christoph.puetz@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:51 AM To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT-Stamps for email You would install forums like a vBulletin or phpBB instead and keep the discussion flowing ..... Christoph _____ From: Jim Kenzig http://thin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:49 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT-Stamps for email I think it is the most asinine idea Bill Gates has ever had. It would virtually eliminate free discussion lists like this one because no one would spend money to post to a discussion list. Knowledge transfer would suffer greatly. JK -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ron Leach Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 2:25 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] OT-Stamps for email Well, what do you all think... Gates: Buy stamps to send e-mail Paying for e-mail seen as anti-spam tactic http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/05/spam.charge.ap/index.html ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________