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authorLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2019-12-28 19:02:22 +0200
committerLars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>2019-12-28 19:02:22 +0200
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Introduction
=============================================================================
-I am fed up with Internet email. There's spam, and the email system is
+I am fed up with the existing Internet email system. There's spam, and
+the email system is
getting centralised in all sorts of bad ways. This idea is about
sketching what a good email system would look like, if it were
re-designed from scratch, using everything we've learnt over the
-decades.
+decades, and not necessarily using any part of the existing system.
Good aspects
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@@ -338,6 +339,7 @@ SEE ALSO
Links to more information, sources, etc.
* Preventing spam on the Fediverse. Serge Wroclawski. Suggests
- stamps. Idea from Christopher Lemmer Webber.
+ stamps. Idea via Christopher Lemmer Webber from Taler, and it might
+ not have originated there.
- <https://github.com/emacsen/rwot9-prague/blob/ap-unwanted-messages/topics-and-advance-readings/ap-unwanted-messages.md#postage>
-
+ - <https://podbay.fm/podcast/252333772/e/1503662400>