--On 30 April 2010 15:33:51 -0600 "McDowell, Brett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Talking about the status quo is to talk about how every ISP/MBP (btw, is > it common practice to refer to a "mailbox provider" as a MBP?) I tend to use "ESP" - Email Service Provider. > > So the status quo is ugly at best. Agreed. > Is there any will in this group (aside from my own) to evolve the > standards to improve the status quo? There is here! As far as I'm concerned email is badly broken already. > <soapbox> > Are the rest of you as concerned about the damage fraud messaging can > have to a user's computer, identity, and all systems on the Internet > accessible from that computer? I know I don't have to say this, but... > this isn't just about stopping annoying ads for viagra. And it isn't > just about financial institutions' monetary losses due to account > takeover attacks enabled by phishing. It's about the trustworthiness of > the Internet and addressing the A#1 channel criminals use today to > undermine the integrity of this amazing infrastructure all of us have > enjoyed and many of *you* have created. </soapbox> -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex 01273-873148 x3148 For new support requests, see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/help/ _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html
