Email Tax

Brian G. writes “I heard about an “email tax” sometime ago and I guess the email tax discussions are still continuing.

I am not sure how charging people to send email will reduce spam. I think it will just decrease legitimate emails and cause the normal (legal) users to move to instant messaging, VoIP, or other internet communication methods. Lets improve email protocols to prevent spam and make spam illegal and punishable, not harm a relatively cheap communication method.