Using economics to stop spam is a great idea that's getting a very bad rap. The problem lies in the stump speeches of a major software executive and the press coverage of some very prestigious newspapers.

The method getting a lot of news coverage is to charge for e-mail through some form of digital postage: a penny, a nickel, or an amount chosen by the recipient. The effect, say proponents, is that spammers will run when it gets too expensive to blast half the world's population with offers to improve a body part or refinance a home.
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