[120] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: use guidelines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen D Crocker)
Mon Nov 12 10:26:04 1990
To: Craig Partridge <craig@nnsc.nsf.net>
Cc: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 12 Nov 90 09:09:35 -0500.
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 90 10:10:46 -0500
From: Stephen D Crocker <crocker@TIS.COM>
Craig,
To first order, use guidelines for mailing lists is not a problem.
Any given mailing list can be controlled tightly by being moderated or
closed. Less tight but nonetheless effective control can be obtained
by publishing the use guidelines for that particular mailing list and
yelling at the offenders.
Some obnoxious folks will assemble their own lists of addresses and
pump out mail, just like junk mail advertisers do today. I once
proposed that every mail message carry a lien against the sender for a
suitably large sum. The lien is invokable at the receiver's will.
That would change the game a lot, since you'd have to trust the
receiver not to charge you for your message. Of course, once the
receiver does that, he should expect that the relationship is severed.
Ideally, the sum should be small enough to be tolerable occasionally,
but large enough to hurt if a lot of aggrieved recipients gang up on you.
I'd imagine something like $10 to $100 per recipient per message would
be enough.
Steve
Steve
