[hashcash] some more principles of anti-spam (Re: Re: anti-spam collateral damage)
- From: Adam Back <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hashcash@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:01:01 -0500
Brad Templeton has some writings about spam that I found well informed
and thought out.
"A statement of Principles regarding the regulation of E-mail."
http://www.templetons.com/brad/spam/prin.html
Particularly I like things like:
- Laws are the last resort
- The ability to send anonymous mail should not be destroyed
these and other topics are expanded upon in that mini-essay.
And other spam related writings:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/spam/
Adam
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:46:24PM -0700, Richard Johnson wrote:
> In article <41962F90.5040105@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Eric S. Johansson" <esj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > http://www.eff.org/wp/?f=SpamCollateralDamage.html
> >
> > this is something I've been arguing about with people for a long time.
> > Personally, I think that hybrid sender-pays is a nondiscriminatory
> > solution that would meet the requirements of the eff
> >
> > ---eric
>
>
> This is a digression, but you're referencing a shaky source for
> motivation there. The EFF is not a legitimate authority on such
> issues, and their requirements aren't something that needs to be met
> for a system to be viable or proper.
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