On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:27:26 +0100, Roedy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 23:04:49 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gordon > Burditt) wrote or quoted : > >> I think one necessary function of email and USENET is that it should >> allow you to SAFELY communicate with strangers or, worse, people >> you know but do not trust at all, > > Yes, but with spam ANY communication with an unwanted stranger is a > nuisance. > > <!-- etc --> Roedy, I would just _love_ to see the response from the industry when you tell them they should dump their whole mail infrastructure, and switch over to a whole new system (new protocols, new security holes, new problems start to finish). I gather that's the gist of the suggestion, a new protocol with built in public key (a fine, well known, accepted term, IMHO it doesn't need changing) cryptography and signature support? IMAP is in many ways better than POP3, but you would be surprised at the weight of an accepted standard I think. -- Ross Bamford - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
