[Am-info] spam mail cannot and should not be stopped.

[mikestp]

 >Spam Wars Make Strange Bedfellows
 >By Jon Lasser

 >The open-source community is closer than ever to curing the spam problem,
 >but they'll have to hold their noses and help out Windows users to get
 >here.

 >http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/146



So far you are all chasing a problem that will never be solved.  Take a 
look at the "I Cringly" column  http://www.pbs.org/cringely/

The title to read is "For a Nickel I Will"

This is a much more elegant way to solve the problem.  You will never 
stop all Spam,  But this way at least the spammer will have to pay for 
each unsolicited email.  Very quickly it will slow to a trickle.....

Email is like the Postal service.  You cannot force the postal service 
to stop sending unsolicited snail mail to you.  So should you also not 
be able to stop unsolicited email to you.  

But it should have a cost to the spammer in the same manner it costs the 
local safeway food store to send you flyers....  and the wrinkle Cringly 
puts on it might actually profit you personally.

Mike  Stephen