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This could use some elaboration.

Charge who? Your clients? Businesses trying to contact you? Everyone?

How? Do they have to pay before they can even send it? You send them a bill afterwards?

Everyone who write to your public email have to pay. So basically new contacts. For friends and people you know you use your private email.

This is how a solution could look like: http://wrte.io

I could see it being used. Lots of people get hundreds of emails a day being pitched to or asking for help. Charging people (even a small amount) might get people to put more effort into their emails.

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