On 2004-11-20T11:57:32-0500, Atom 'Smasher' wrote: > On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Eric S. Johansson wrote: > > >just thinking aloud. > ================= > > hhmmm.... what would happen if an "open relay" where configured to only > relay messages with valid stamps? > > i doubt that it would be subject to much abuse, if any. Hashcash mitigates bulk email, but doesn't address other forms of abuse. Even if you attach a 32-bit postage requirement to your open relay, some idiot can still use the relay to send purported Al-Qaeda communiques to president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- The old must give way to the new, falsehood must become exposed by truth, and truth, though fought, always in the end prevails. -- L. Ron Hubbard