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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Almost As Good As Chocolate - Latest Comments in Skype spam</title><link>http://shripriya.disqus.com/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:37:08 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Skype spam</title><link>http://shripriya.com/blog/2007/07/26/skype-spam/#comment-3290109</link><description>The answer is to disallow links or email addresses in messages that come from people that aren't in your contact list.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Peter</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:37:08 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Skype spam</title><link>http://shripriya.com/blog/2007/07/26/skype-spam/#comment-3290107</link><description>SPAM is an abuse of a free resource. Make it free and people WILL abuse it. The only rational solution I've heard to-date? re-imbursable micro-charges for bandwidth.&lt;br&gt;Here's how it works- you send out an e-mail. You get charged a few cents. If the recipient doesn't mark it as SPAM, you get your money back (i.e. this doesn't make the net any costlier, doesn't regulate it, doesn't disenfranchise anyone)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But for a SPAM-mer, since the response rate is</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Rational Human</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:10:56 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Skype spam</title><link>http://shripriya.com/blog/2007/07/26/skype-spam/#comment-3290110</link><description>I get these damn things in my work email all the time.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">mumbaigirl</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:16:53 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Skype spam</title><link>http://shripriya.com/blog/2007/07/26/skype-spam/#comment-3290106</link><description>Bah at spam. Does it ever end? Whats next?</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Perspective Inc</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:46:04 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>