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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: random thoughts on how I can prevent spammers from using my net
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, ALAN DORN HETZEL JR wrote: > > I have been trying to figure out ways to prevent spammers from using my > net as a sending location (even once). If most spam is sent from > throwaway dialup accounts, how would a daily limit of #arbitrary-number > of emails sent, with a charge of $0.05 (or other number) per excess > e-mail...? The arbitrary-number might be 1000 or so, plenty for most > legitimate uses. Since we get credit card numbers from our dialuo > customers, if we do get a spammer, and they send, say 100,000 emails > in a month, we subtract their allowance of 30K or so and bill them > $3,500 (70K * $0.05) for excess.... > > If we make the terms and conditions obvious, and get a signature before > activating the account, it won't take very many occurrences before word > would get around that SPAM can ocst as much as paper junk mail to send > > Thoughts? > > -Dorn > Sounds like Bob Metcalfe's recent column in Infoworld on E-postage. Hank Nussbacher - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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