In a message dated 2/3/99 1:31:09 PM Central Standard Time,
retroman@together.net writes:
>
I like it....do you mind if I forward that idea along to my ISP. Being that
it is AOL I doubt there will be any action taken but certainly no action will
be taken otherwise.
> Set the ISP mail servers up with a daemon such that any person with an
email
> account
> can establish a list of preferred correspondents, which the email user does
> not
> charge a 1-5 cent fee. Anyone else who is unknown to the email box owner
> must pay
> the entry fee to communicate with the email box owner. If the owner chooses
> not to
> put them on his preferred list, they must either pay the charge or get
> bounced. The
> charges that others pay can go toward the mail box owners monthly ISP
fees...
> .
>
> How about that? I'm sure that spammers will either go broke or fade into
> obsolescence....
EvMick