why IPv6 isn't ready for prime time, SMTP edition

[johnl at iecc.com (John Levine)]

>That way?  Make e-mail cost; have e-postage.

Gee, I wondered how long it would take for this famous bad idea to
reappear.

I wrote a white paper ten years ago explaining why e-postage is a
bad idea, and there is no way to make it work.  Nothing of any
importance has changed since then.

http://www.taugh.com/epostage.pdf

R's,
John

PS: Yes, I've heard of Bitcoins.