The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Frank Bonnet
sm it is a fact that jump to every sysadmin's face. Email communication require a more and more complicated machinery every day too. Does anyone has knowing of the future of SMTP ? Is there some project to replace it by some more secure protocol ? Understand me well , writing this I do n

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Daniel Bromberg
ex to configure every day. It is not a criticism it is a fact that jump to every sysadmin's face. Email communication require a more and more complicated machinery every day too. Does anyone has knowing of the future of SMTP ? Is there some project to replace it by some more secure protocol ?

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
On 3/13/2011 4:57 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote: How about one more thoughtful post at most and then a threadkill. Join the spammers.dontlike.us list - its a good place to bring this sort of general question up. Join the ongoing marf standards list - it will affect us all! Finally - there is no magic

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread mouss
ting more and more sophisticated > and complex to configure every day. > > It is not a criticism it is a fact that jump > to every sysadmin's face. > > Email communication require a more and more complicated > machinery every day too. > > Does anyone has knowing

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Steve
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:57:20 +0100 > Von: Frank Bonnet > An: postfix-users@postfix.org > Betreff: The future of SMTP ? > Hello > > Sorry if this seems a bit off topic ... > > Postfix is really a great piece of software &

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 13.03.2011 12:38, schrieb Steve: > And today it is not big deal to cut down spam to less then 1% of the inbound. but not only with postfix and without taking money in the hand do not tell us only with strict smtp you get 99% spam away > I really don't understand why people keep telling that

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Steve
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:42:55 +0100 > Von: Reindl Harald > An: postfix-users@postfix.org > Betreff: Re: The future of SMTP ? > > > Am 13.03.2011 12:38, schrieb Steve: > > And today it is not big deal to cut down spam to le

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Lorens Kockum
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:38:24PM +0100, Steve wrote: > The spamming problem is not something that you can fix by > replacing SMTP with something new. An appropriate illustration is the initiative taken recently by Germany's government to create a secure e-mail environment. It does not replace SM

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Steve
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:58:50 +0100 > Von: Lorens Kockum > An: postfix-users@postfix.org > Betreff: Re: The future of SMTP ? > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:38:24PM +0100, Steve wrote: > > The spamming problem is not somethin

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread lst_hoe02
every day. It is not a criticism it is a fact that jump to every sysadmin's face. Email communication require a more and more complicated machinery every day too. Does anyone has knowing of the future of SMTP ? Is there some project to replace it by some more secure protocol ? Understa

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Erwan David
Le Sun 13/03/2011, Steve disait > > > > > > > Am 13.03.2011 12:38, schrieb Steve: > > > And today it is not big deal to cut down spam to less then 1% of the > > inbound. > > > > but not only with postfix > > > No. Not only with postfix alone. But most of us are not only using postfix in > the

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Marc Weber
What's causing spam? Reasons for spam: - people want traffic on their sites (because they hope to make more business) - or they want to distribute malware. Whom to spam: - spammers try to find contact identifiers to send messages to. They do this by: - random combinations of words - harv

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Glen B
On 3/13/2011 4:57 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote: Hello Sorry if this seems a bit off topic ... Postfix is really a great piece of software and we all thanks to Wiese for his tremendous work. Yes it is and it gets better every release. But to fight spam and all other malicious problems it's get

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Wietse Venema
lst_ho...@kwsoft.de: > This is not a problem of SMTP but from the idea to design a system > where everyone is able to send a message to some other participant if > the "address" is known. So you don't have to reinvent SMTP but to > ditch the idea of free electronic communication. +1. Now, l

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Steve
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:56:31 +0100 > Von: Erwan David > An: postfix-users@postfix.org > Betreff: Re: The future of SMTP ? > Le Sun 13/03/2011, Steve disait > > > > > > > > > > > Am 13.03.2011 12:38

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread mouss
Le 13/03/2011 16:56, Erwan David a écrit : > Le Sun 13/03/2011, Steve disait >> >>> >>> >>> Am 13.03.2011 12:38, schrieb Steve: And today it is not big deal to cut down spam to less then 1% of the >>> inbound. >>> >>> but not only with postfix >>> >> No. Not only with postfix alone. But most

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread mouss
gt; >> But to fight spam and all other malicious >> problems it's getting more and more sophisticated >> and complex to configure every day. >> It is not a criticism it is a fact that jump >> to every sysadmin's face. >> >> Email communication require a

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Dennis Carr
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Frank Bonnet wrote: But to fight spam and all other malicious problems it's getting more and more sophisticated and complex to configure every day. It is not a criticism it is a fact that jump to every sysadmin's face. Does anyone has knowing of the future of

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-13 Thread Dennis Carr
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 13.03.2011 12:38, schrieb Steve: I really don't understand why people keep telling that spam is a problem? because there are peopole out their whose time costs money? This prt of the problem I suspect is marginal. It's not the cost, it's wh

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread Curtis Maurand
1, Frank Bonnet wrote: > >> But to fight spam and all other malicious >> problems it's getting more and more sophisticated >> and complex to configure every day. >> It is not a criticism it is a fact that jump >> to every sysadmin's face. > >> Does

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread Glen Lee Edwards
e. Does anyone has knowing of the future of SMTP ? Is there some project to replace it by some more secure protocol ? I, too, would have to say "no" to this one. SMTP is used largely because it has worked since the standard was implemented with RFC 822 back nearly 30 years ago and it s

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread Steve
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:08:18 -0500 > Von: Glen Lee Edwards > An: postfix-users@postfix.org > Betreff: Re: The future of SMTP ? > On 3/13/2011 8:27 AM, Dennis Carr wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Frank Bonnet wrote: > > >

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread Eric S. Johansson
On 3/13/2011 9:37 AM, Dennis Carr wrote: So the problem is not with SMTP, it's with the spammers. Only thing we can do is block them. I really, REALLY wish there was more we could do so we can stop them - but the only thing we can do to stop them is to make it cost more than it's worth, and

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread The Doctor
gt; and > complex to configure every day. > >> It is not a criticism it is > a fact that jump > >> to every sysadmin's face. > > > >> Does anyone has knowing of the future of SMTP ? > >> > Is there some project to replace it by some >

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-15 Thread Robert Jakob
Am Sonntag, den 13.03.2011, 06:37 -0700 schrieb Dennis Carr: > So the problem is not with SMTP, it's with the spammers. I do not agree. The problem are the people who read spam and buy viagra and stuff using the links in the spam. Only by their action, the spammers gain money and it is worth the ef

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-18 Thread Alain Spineux
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM, wrote: > This is not a problem of SMTP but from the idea to design a system where > everyone is able to send a message to some other participant if the > "address" is known. I thing SPAM is more a political problem than a technical one ! A lot of smart technic

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-18 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 18.03.2011 12:18, schrieb Alain Spineux: > and RBL providers handle domain names instead of IP addresses. what sense should this make? the domain / rcpt / from does mean NOTHING the connecting ip can not be faked as long the protocol needs any tcp answer signature.asc Description: OpenPG

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-18 Thread Alain Spineux
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 18.03.2011 12:18, schrieb Alain Spineux: > >> and RBL providers handle domain names instead of IP addresses. > > what sense should this make? > > the domain / rcpt / from does mean NOTHING SPF can be used on domains of the SMTP and

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-18 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 18.03.2011 12:54, schrieb Alain Spineux: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Reindl Harald > wrote: >> >> >> Am 18.03.2011 12:18, schrieb Alain Spineux: >> >>> and RBL providers handle domain names instead of IP addresses. >> >> what sense should this make? >> >> the domain / rcpt / from does

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-18 Thread Alain Spineux
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 18.03.2011 12:54, schrieb Alain Spineux: >> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Reindl Harald >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Am 18.03.2011 12:18, schrieb Alain Spineux: >>> and RBL providers handle domain names instead of IP addresses. >>> >

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-18 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-03-18 9:41 AM, Alain Spineux wrote: > And when you get an email, if it is not from a SPF enable domain you > drop it, If you do that you drop a lot of legitimate mail... -- Best regards, Charles

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-18 Thread Alain Spineux
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2011-03-18 9:41 AM, Alain Spineux wrote: >> And when you get an email, if it is not from a SPF enable  domain you >> drop it, > > If you do that you drop a lot of legitimate mail... Not if everyone comply with these new rules (my proposa

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-18 Thread Wietse Venema
Alain Spineux: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Charles Marcus > wrote: > > On 2011-03-18 9:41 AM, Alain Spineux wrote: > >> And when you get an email, if it is not from a SPF enable ?domain you > >> drop it, > > > > If you do that you drop a lot of legitimate mail... > > Not if everyone comply

THREAD KILL: The future of SMTP

2011-03-14 Thread Wietse Venema
Everything about SMTP and open networks has already been said in this thread. There is no need to repeat it. Everyone has the right to decide what email they want to receive, but no-one has the right to make the spam problem worse by sending email to innocent people whose address was mis-used to s