Stamping out spam.
Overloaded by junk e-mail See spam. ? One company plans to lick spam by charging mass e-mailers for an electronic version of the old-fashioned postage stamp.
"The 'stamp' would be an encrypted [coded] string of data hidden in the text," explains Richard Gingras, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the company Goodmail. Your Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP)
Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. would search for an e-stamp on any message that's addressed to many people.
Stamped e-mail would make a beeline bee·line
n.
A direct, straight course.
intr.v. bee·lined, bee·lin·ing, bee·lines
To move swiftly in a direct, straight course. for your inbox, while unstamped mail would be captured by junk filters.
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