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Pay to send email...



discuss-bounces at blu.org wrote:
> Anthony Gabrielson wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 	I miss the days when the internet was more fun:
>> http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3581301
>>
>> I can't imagine paying to send email - thats nuts...
>>
> One must wonder if this is the solution to the problem of spam OR the
> reason behind it.  Years ago, Gates came up with the "Penny Black"
> project:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/28/chairman_bills_magic_spam_cure
>
>

I means that "legitimate" companies, who don't like being lumped in with
other spammers, will be able to pay to get their spam through.
 -Don




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