From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e5c972d04da95d51 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-17 21:50:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!sccrnsc01.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: SPAM-less email (was If anybody wants to make something in Adabut References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc01 1050641454 12.234.13.56 (Fri, 18 Apr 2003 04:50:54 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 04:50:54 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 04:50:54 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36273 Date: 2003-04-18T04:50:54+00:00 List-Id: We currently have a large experiment on one way to lessen spammers. It's the telephone system. People who want to accept everything have 800 numbers. People who call non-800 numbers pay something for the call. It doesn't stop all spam, but there are surely fewer telemarketing calls than spam e-mails (though the former are each a bigger pain).