[hashcash] Possibility of plugin for Mozilla/Thunderbird?
- From: Tim Wesson <tim.wesson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hashcash@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:26:30 +0000 (UTC)
I've already emailed the Adam Back, but it occurs to me that maybe I should have
posted here instead.
It occurs to me that if there was a plugin to Mozilla and Thunderbird that would
interface with Hardcash, it could then be posted up upon
http://update.mozilla.org/ and http://www.mozdev.com/ which would generate a
good deal more interest in it.
If a plugin for Outlook were possible, so much the better!
The possibility of using Hardcash if you were caught in an anti-spam net would
frequently motivate a web-search, whereupon such a plugin, were it to exist
would be able to get you out of a pickle. My own address is used as a fake
'from' address for spam, sometimes, as are a whole host of addresses hosted by
my ISP. I have in the past sent work-related email that simply hasn't got
through, despite repeated sending.
Plugins being readily available leave open the possibility of bouncing all
non-Hardcashed mail with a message suggesting where one would be able to get
such plugins, although, for that to be reasonable, the rest of the Hardcash
system (not just plugin) would have to have a trivial install, at least under
Windows, and a simple install under other systems.
Until a simple install method were available, such a response would naturally be
unreasonable. Once it were possible, a rapid cascade can be imagined.
Does anyone else think that this would be a good idea? Are there any coders who
might feel like giving it a go? I'd give it a go myself, but my programming
skills are very rusty...
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