On 12/1/10 10:56 AM, Toni Mueller wrote:
I think that it's almost easy to fix the spam
problem if we are prepared to abandon the SMTP protocol.
Actually, published research seems to indicate spam isn't all that much
of a problem anymore.
Yes, 95% of all email is spam, but currently (commercially) available
anti-spam engines are doing a pretty good job of sifting through
spam/ham, and SA does a reasonable job itself.
so, even if 95% of all email is spam, there really is only a small
percentage (very small) getting through to users.
Its so small, that if a user gets ONE SPAM per week, they are likely to
complain about it.
With zero day malware detection, and rules against accepting 'one click
execute' attachments, you have to work pretty hard to get infected via
email now.(unless you work at google, it seems), but then again, we
don't know how hard those individual users worked to open up that
malware that infected their workstations a while back.
Is it a constant battle of wits between the spammers, hackers, phishers?
yes. But the technology has matured enough in the last couple of years
that its a win able battle.
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