I think this makes sense - I pay for extra storage with MSN, since if I don’t do that, most of my email would bounce daily, owing to the over 100 junk mails I get a day. Spam is actually costing me money - why shouldn’t I make them pay for it? If I have to pay to send someone a mass-mailing by post, why shouldn’t the spammers pay for the mass-wmails?
Make Money Fast!!!! - If you owned your inbox, spammers would pay to get inside. By Jonathan RauchTechnologically, no quick fix is in sight. But it’s helpful to think about what sort of fix the technologists should be hunting for. The answer, I think, is this: I should have property rights to my e-mail inbox, and I should be able to charge you for admission.Posted by shanti at August 12, 2003 5:04 PM
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Why any sane person would want to use MSN/Hotmail’s spam-infested, limited service is beyond me. I haven’t had a Hotmail account since 1997 (which was when they started going down the crapper.)
And you’re in the technology business, Shanti!
Posted by: MadMan at August 12, 2003 11:12 PM
I have had the email adress for too long to change now, MadMan - plus, is there a better email service?
Posted by: Shanti at August 13, 2003 6:58 AM
well u DO have your own domain name …
;)
Posted by: v at August 13, 2003 5:21 PM
I just get those emails forwarded to my catch-all (my hotmail email) :blush:
I know, I am baad :evil:
Posted by: Shanti at August 13, 2003 5:33 PM
Shanti - If you use Outlook (not express) go Cloudmark. For a couple bucks a month it does a fantastic job of filtering your email.
Other solutions require running your own server and require too much geek-lifting.
Posted by: UncleDuke at August 18, 2003 1:13 PM
Thanks for the suggestion, UncleDuke - will try it.
Posted by: Shanti at August 18, 2003 2:10 PM