Re: [IETF-PKIX] Certificate Directories and Spam

[Ben Laurie <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Csinger wrote:
>
> I didn't want to go into it on the list, but if you configure your systems
> to accept email only from people you know OR from people who are willing to
> pay to certify their email, you can effectively wipe out SPAM.  (If a user
> is unwilling or unable to do this, perhaps he/she can talk his ISP into
> providing such a service...)
>
> Several variations on this proposal are currently in the early stages of
> commercialization.  I'll be pleased to continue this off-list.

When you say "pay", this could (and should), of course, include
hashcash...

Cheers,

Ben.

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