Who would be trusted with this database? the l4wy3rz? and what about punishing those that abuse the database content? all the ideas, even my own have been kinda botchy.. only thing that appeals to me is having msg timeouts in inbox assigned to each received message unless user intervenes. --chris http://digitalatoll.flnet.org/ p.s. I thank you for having this thread i have learned alot on unsolicited email handling... think i'll rewrite it tomorrow. :) 8/13/02 7:54:33 PM, "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu> wrote: >Actually, I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to try to first design a tech >solution that might lead to legislative buy-in around the world. Really. > >Here's a wild idea. The US is currently on the verge of adopting a >national do-not-call list. This is an opt-in list in which consumers list >their phone numbers and telemarketers are not allowed to call with sales >pitches. What we need is a do-not-spam list for email address...which >cannot itself become a tool for spammers (this is the problem with whois - >-- >**NOTE: 7/31-8/14 law.miami.edu will have random downtime due to >"network upgrades". Mail will bounce, and www.law.tm will 404.** > > Please visit http://www.icannwatch.org >A. Michael Froomkin | Professor of Law | froomkin@law.tm >U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA >+1 (305) 284-4285 | +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) | http://www.law.tm\ > -->It's very hot here.<--