Re: [Asrg] About that e-postage draft [POSTAGE]

[John Levine <johnl at taugh.com>]

>>   "Banks" would be compensated by debiting a customer account more
>> than the amount of ePostage issued and/or crediting a customer
>> account less than the amount redeemed. Or, perhaps there would be a
>> per-transaction fee (in the thousandths of cents, presumably). I
>> see no role for IETF in saying which model a "bank" uses.

>So "thousandths of cents" doesn't seem realistic language when
>discussing a per-transaction fee.

I did a similar calculation for my white paper, and even a penny a
message isn't enough, particularly if you have to budget for large
numbers of spams with fake or duplicate postage that will require most
of the work of verifying a real stamp, but provide no revenue.

I hear that a lot of research involves models.  Perhaps a model of
where the money will have to go would be useful.

R's,
John