o Problem areas in the current email architecture that facilitate junk email and network abuse, and the impact of each area on the overall problem
o Analysis of persistent patterns in spam and spammer behavior that can be used to improve existing and propose new solutions.
o Best Current Practices for Spam Control - including email admins, end users, MTA developers, blacklist operators, etc..
o Filtering Standards - dynamic updates, standard headers for MTAs, etc.
o Abuse Reporting Standards - research into common standards for exchanging information about network and email abuse.
o. SMTP Session Verification - verification of the SMTP transaction (e.g. LMAP, etc.).
o Message Verification - verification of both the message headers and content (e.g. DK, Lumos, TEOS, etc.)
More information can be found on our webpage at:
http://asrg.sp.am. Feedback is welcome on our mailing list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to the chairs directly.
Sincerely, Yakov Shafranovich Co-Chair, ASRG/IRTF
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