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

[Steve Atkins]

On Nov 20, 2008, at 7:37 AM, Jeff Macdonald wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 06:59:32AM -0800, Gerald Klaas wrote:
>>  Yes, a stamp is proof of payment, but that "payment" isn't  
>> necessarily
>>  cash.  It may be proof of passing through various checks, such as
>>  having established a connection to a stamp-generator (and leaving  
>> your
>>  real IP address behind in the logs).
>
> Why not have a stamp be a proof of a relationship instead of  
> "payment"?

Like, say, DKIM-based whitelisting?

If there isn't some additional cost, direct or indirect, to the sender  
for each
email sent, I don't think it's something I'd call postage or stamps or  
any other
snailmail sort of metaphor. (Which doesn't mean it may not be a good  
approach,
just that calling it epostage might be a bit of a stretch).

Cheers,
   Steve