A Night at the Email Museum

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Fred Tabsharani

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In the hearts and minds of ESPs, ISPs, and just about every proponent of legitimate email, there lies a deep desire to rid the world of spam.  To accomplish this noble goal, I recommend the construction and acceptance of a neoclassical structure known as the International Email Museum.  The museum currently exists only inside my brain, but I have decided to share it with the world.   Because museums are usually bastions of truth and relevance, one might ask, what would one find inside a museum dedicated to the history of email?
 
This place of gathering, built especially for email connoisseurs, begins with an insightful history of how spam originated.   The architects of this museum envision a layout that will consist of three floors.  On the first floor, visitors will come to understand the history of Email, and its forefathers.  
 
Given that spam is so ruthlessly prevalent in our daily lives, it is difficult to remember what life was like before such nasty developments as spam and botnets.  Visitors to this floor will take a walk down memory lane, coming to know not only the history but the people associated with legitimate email.  They’ll experience the early days of email firsthand, and come to understand the continuing challenges of reaching the inbox. 
 
On the second floor, the museum, using powerful interactive media, will immerse visitors in the destructive world of spam, highlighting the cumulative losses of billions each year. This floor would stage the epic battle between ...