http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2006/02/05/yahoo-and-aol-propose-email-postage/ EBB is the ebiquity research group\\\'s blog at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). We focus on technologies that facilitate the design, implementation and control of distributed, intelligent information systems -- mobile and pervasive computing, ad hoc networking, multiagent systems, knowledge representation and reasoning, and the semantic web. As the tides of technology ebb and flow, we hope the good ideas wash up on our beach and the bad ones drift back out to sea. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2006/02/05/yahoo-and-aol-propose-email-postage/comment-page-1/#comment-14769 Akshay Java Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:38:50 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/?p=471#comment-14769 I think that there is also an issue of the economics of spamming. One thing to consider is the cost benefit ratio. Would charging 1/4 cent be enough to deter a potential spammer from sending a spam when he might have the chance of making a 1 or 2 dollar profit (through say adSense) if someone happens to click on the link or worse still - someone giving out personal/credit card information? I think that there is also an issue of the economics of spamming. One thing to consider is the cost benefit ratio. Would charging 1/4 cent be enough to deter a potential spammer from sending a spam when he might have the chance of making a 1 or 2 dollar profit (through say adSense) if someone happens to click on the link or worse still – someone giving out personal/credit card information?

]]> http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2006/02/05/yahoo-and-aol-propose-email-postage/comment-page-1/#comment-14764 Tim Finin Sun, 05 Feb 2006 21:51:36 +0000 http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/?p=471#comment-14764 What worries me is that this scheme could become accepted and widely used. Companies could tighten up their filters to make more and more mail blocked, forcing more people to opt for paying to ensure that their mail goes through. What worries me is that this scheme could become accepted and widely used. Companies could tighten up their filters to make more and more mail blocked, forcing more people to opt for paying to ensure that their mail goes through.

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