On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 16:16 +0800, Not Zed wrote: > Something will have to happen, spam is costing too much in time and > resources. So something like a 'secured' internet email backbone will > develop, although it will require someone like MS to do it, and to > open the protocol enough for others to use it. Although their > security record doesn't inspire confidence.
There are currently at least three recent proposals along these lines: Pobox.com's SPF (Sender Permitted From), Microsoft's Caller-ID and Yahoo's Domain Certs. The first two are somewhat similar and it looks like they may merge. None of these is "secure email" but as an anti-spam measure they don't need to be. Even a modest amount of per-message effort on the part of the spammer is going to cost him enough to make massive spam uneconomic, which is the whole point. poc _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
