Subject: bug#76195: Obsoleting mail/hashcash.el

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:51:30 +0100

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi Stefan,

> This might be nice in theory, but it is irrelevant as an anti-spam
> measure on today's internet, since almost no one uses it.  Let's not
> mislead users to waste energy using it.
>
> I suggest that we mark it as obsolete.

There is also bug#66795. It is an evidence, that hashcash is used in
Emacs. OTOH, there's nobody who is able to fix this.

So I support your proposal.

Best regards, Michael.