[Asrg] Email Postage (was Re: FeedBack loops)

[David Nicol]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:45 AM, der Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> wrote:
>>> Let's say that Grandma picks an ISP, let's call it World, for its
>>> friendly personal service. Spammer hacks or phishes Grandma and
>>> sends a bunch of spam from her PC, postage of $43.27 is now due.
>
>>> Who pays the postage?  Grandma?
>
>> That is the best post about why NOT to invent a financial penalty
>> I've seen.

I can now include a link to this bit in the archives in the Advenge
FAQ under "Why are payments made in advance rather than accrued and
billed?"



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