One of the greatest uses of the Internet is e-mail, which allows messages and other data to be sent anywhere in the world instantly with no cost. The downside of e-mail is spam, which clutters many e-mail accounts with unwanted messages. Some of the larger Internet service providers have floated the idea of charging a small fee for every e-mail. This would, they argue, put an end to much of the spam being sent. Is charging a fee a good idea, or are the benefits of a free system to be kept at all costs, including excessive spamming? Explain your position with reasons and examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.

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How should excessive spamming on email be curved? There are several suggestions but

one that stands out is to charge everyone per email sent. That would be for anyone that

runs a a business or just sends personal emails. I do not fully agree with this method of

reducing spam emails. The benefits of free emailing outweighs the negatives such as

spamming. There also is not guarantee that there charging per email would be an end to

spam emails. There would need to be a solution that is in between charging and not

charging for emails to hinder spam.

The need for a way to end constant spamming of emails from various companies is real.

Spamming causes very many problems and clutter or an email account and server. From

personal experience, I receive about 250 spam emails a day. That is a lot to go through

especially because I constantly check my email for important messages. Spam wastes my

time and space in my phone as well. I would suggest that there be a limit to how many

emails are allowed to be sent out per day. Each person should have a limit of about 100 or

so emails a day to send out for free. Anything above that should be charged a minimal fee

per email. That would hinder the amount of emails that would be sent by large companies

as spam. There are ways around these restrictions such as created several email accounts