Marc Perkel wrote: > > Here's what I've written so far. Deadline is today. Still working on it. > http://wiki.ctyme.com/index.php/UN_Spam_Paper > I think in this part you're missing one of the main issues:
Marc Perkel wrote: > > "Today we have more of a consumer model where consumers run email clients > and leave the SMTP servers to their Internet Service Providers (ISPs) The > user creates an email message that is sent to their local ISP who has an > SMTP server. That server accepts the email and then transfers the email by > SMTP to the server that stores the incoming email for that user. Then the > recipient connects to their server by POP/IMAP protocols to download their > email. > The problem is that anyone can impersonate any other person by setting > their address to be anyone else on the planet." > The problem is that these zombies do NOT use the ISP SMTP servers but send it directly to the SMTP-server of the addressed person. And this could (and already is in some cases) be prohibited by the provider by only allowing SMTP traffic from the client to the SMTP-servers of the ISP itself, not to others. After that action there is time to work on a better mail protocol. Marc Perkel wrote: > > This junk email known as “Spam” is NOT over 90% of all email traffic. > I think you mean "now" ? In "the cost of spam" I miss the SCAM (some people really fell for this and have lost thousands of dollars..) and FISHING (lots of this to collect accounts and passwords for banks, credit-card info etc). In "Microsoft Zombies" there is a lot of text how bad Microsoft is, that's OK but I think the user is to blame too, if they don't think and just keep clicking yes/ok then eventually they will install malware no matter what patches. In "where spam comes from" I think some countries could be mentioned, like China and Korea that happily do the hosting for western spammers, and where the ISPs do not act on abuse messages about zombies. My few eurocents.. Regards Menno van Bennekom -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/What-changes-would-you-make-to-stop-spam----United-Nations-Paper-tf2035870.html#a5614921 Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users forum at Nabble.com.
