Gates: I'll rid the world of spam: Microsoft is investigating three different solutions to rid inboxes from the clutter of unsolicited bulk emails. [...]
The ultimate solution would be to make senders of email pay a fee if their mail was rejected as spam.
Gates: Spam To Be Canned By 2006: People would set a level of monetary risk - low or high, depending on their choice - for receiving e-mail from strangers. If the e-mail turns out to be from a long-lost relative, for example, the recipient would charge nothing. But if it is unwanted spam, the sender would have to fork over the cash.
“In the long run, the monetary (method) will be dominant,” Gates predicted.
He conceded, however, that his prognostications have not always been on the mark.
A Spam-Free Future By Bill Gates
We are making progress with new software derived from advanced work in the field of machine learning - the design of systems that learn from data and grow smarter over time. The software learns from a vast and continually growing archive of e-mail provided by nearly 200,000 of our e-mail customers who have volunteered to classify millions of messages as legitimate or not. This feedback enables us to identify spam with unprecedented precision based on key words, message structure, even the time it was sent -- more than 500,000 characteristics in all. Early reports have indicated that this Microsoft SmartScreen technology is blocking as much as 95 percent of spam, and we expect it to get even smarter as it learns from a continuing flow of feedback. Many other e-mail providers also are making great strides in creating technology that better protects people from spam.
[Se a tecnologia era tão promissora, porquê obrigar a pagar pelos "emails"?... E quando alguém envia um "email" que interessa para um destinatário desconhecido e este o rejeita? Que modelo de negócio é este?...]
AOL tests caller ID for e-mail: America Online is testing an antispam filter intended to accurately trace the origin of e-mail messages, a move that could bring new accountability to the Net if it proves reliable.
OECD Workshop on Spam, Brussels, Belgium, 2-3 February 2004
Gallery Show Seeks the Art in Spam, Seen Through the Eyes of the Future: Using the sort of displays common in natural history museums, the exhibit examines other aspects of the world as captured in the amber of spam.
