An Overview of E-Postage
2004-02
Language:
English
Abstract
E-postage, a cash payment for each e-mail message sent, has often been proposed as a solution to the junk e-mail problem. Can e-postage work? We think not, for both fundamental technical and social reasons. The technical barriers to a working e-postage system appear insurmountable, and even if a system could be constructed, the unforeseen side-effects to the mail system and the Net at large could be a cure worse than the disease.
