And penalize inappropriate use, is generally a government function. If there is success in shutting down botnets, is because gov resources are affected to the problem.
I think feedback loops are for the good guys. The bad guys will not play by any rule.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillip Hallam-Baker" <pbaker at verisign.com>
To: "Anti-Spam Research Group - IRTF" <asrg at irtf.org>, "Anti-Spam Research Group - IRTF" <asrg at irtf.org>
Sent: Friday, 14 November, 2008 8:16:49 AM (GMT+1200) Auto-Detected
Subject: Re: [Asrg] Email Postage (was Re: FeedBack loops)
Actually the underlying intellectual conceit of market fundamentalism is that the market is a perfectly tuned feedback loop.
We do not need to charge for inappropriate use of email, we only need to penalize inappropriate use.