This kinda creates a vacuum. At some point we create a market for non databased/exploited email. Question becomes, if you mind that kind of thing pointed out above, what would you pay?

For a wild example-What if your favorite blog offered up a paid email service? One that had as policy of respecting privacy (not necessarily anonymity) and non exploitation? A simple business model that is paid for service at a fair profit.

Heh, Charles you might have a revenue enhancer there.

What would you we as consumers pay? What is email worth to us? I fear not much because we are all way too used to “free” email. Our market expectation is free of charge. No free lunch boys and girls. Someone has to pay, everyone wants to make a fair buck.