Spam Problem Solutions

Q:I'm reposting since I want to "work" on a possible solution to the UCE/spam problem. Please give me your input so that I can improve this proposed solution. Once the proposal has been sharpened, I will be sending it to various publications, companies, and other relevant organizations. What we could do, if interested, is everyone that supports the final proposal to be listed, signing it, if you will.

A:Getting all business - domain - non-ISPs (rouge site) to "honor" a UCE/spam voluntary solution is not going to work. If a business account is canceled, it simply opens a new account with a different ISP and transfers the domain. Getting all ISPs to "honor" a UCE/spam voluntary solution is not going to work. Too many ISPs, of which there are rouge ISPs. If a (secondary) ISP's service is canceled, it simply obtains service from another primary ISP. Getting all backbone providers to "honor" a UCE/spam voluntary solution MAY work as there are only some nine backbone providers in the US (uunet, Sprint, PSI, MCI, IBM, Digex, CERF, ANS, AGIS). If a primary ISP's service is canceled, the pool of backbone providers is small. If there is a black list, and an agreement between backbone providers, the rouge ISP will be out of business, period. 1. Advertisers should be required to cull their mailing lists before sending mail, and said e-mail address list providers should share their "remove" lists. Failure for compliance should be grounds for termination of an account/ blacklisting. 2. I'm not sure I'd want to completely eliminate anonymous e-mail, while its something a business should never do, there may be times that it is appropriate, particularly given that encryption/digital signatures could be used for authentication of sensative business communication. Its just one more layer of security.