Using uncensored communication channels to divert spam traffic |
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Authors: | Benjamin Chiao Jeffrey MacKie-Mason |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Telecommunications Management, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C;2. Department of Transportation and Communication Management Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C;1. Department of Management, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom;2. Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London. NW1 5LS, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | We analyze a simple, feasible improvement to the current email system using an uncensored (open) communication channel. Such a channel could be an email folder or account, to which properly tagged commercial solicitations are routed without filtering along the way. We characterize the circumstances under which senders would voluntarily move much of their spam into the open channel, leaving the traditional email channel dominated by person-to-person mail. We then show that under certain conditions all email recipients are better off when an open channel is introduced. Only recipients wanting spam will use the open channel enjoying the less disguised messages and cheaper sale prices, and for all recipients the dissatisfaction associated with both undesirable mail received and desirable mail filtered out decreases. |
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