The seemingly unstoppable tide of junk e-mail known as spam has resulted in several different technologies and approaches to combat inbox clutter, but one tactic has recently gained the attention of major ISPs such as Yahoo and MSN: e-mail postage. Goodmail, a startup with the motto “restoring trust in e-mail,” claims to have created a solution for all parties in its e-mail stamping technology. TechNewsWorld talked with company president and CEO Richard Gingras to get a sense of how he sees spam getting licked with stamps.
That's all well and good, but will have no effect upon the true spammers that are using open relays.
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Goodmail CEO Richard Gingras on Stamping Out Spam
Posted by: Jay Lyman February 9, 2004 06:15 AMThe seemingly unstoppable tide of junk e-mail known as spam has resulted in several different technologies and approaches to combat inbox clutter, but one tactic has recently gained the attention of major ISPs such as Yahoo and MSN: e-mail postage. Goodmail, a startup with the motto “restoring trust in e-mail,” claims to have created a solution for all parties in its e-mail stamping technology. TechNewsWorld talked with company president and CEO Richard Gingras to get a sense of how he sees spam getting licked with stamps.