Sure, but that then becomes an actual crime in most juristictions. On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:45:21 -0800 (PST) > David Morris <dwm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > It isn't a trivial technical problem to revise the electronic message > > infrastructure to arrange for payment of postage but to assert that it > > can't be done or wouldn't be deployed flys in the face of the > > relatively short time frame for adoption of the WWW or IM. > > > The problem, of course, is that the spammers would steal email postage > the same way they steal cycles and bandwidth. > > > --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf