[CS-FSLUG] How to keep from getting spammed?

[Norbert Bollow]

Fred,
  please carify:  Are you claiming that someone is currently writing a
revision of the SMTP specs (RFC 2821 and RFC 2822), or a replacement
for these documents?  If yes, please provide a link to information
which contains some specifics.

Or are you claiming that Microsoft Corporation has figured out a way
to "fix" SMTP which goes beyond merely adding some form of SPF-like
or "Sender-ID"-like sender authentication?

Blessings,
Norbert.



Fred Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:

> On Saturday September 25 2004 6:40 am, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Huh?  As far as I know the SMTP specs are not being rewritten.
> 
> Sorry, but they are. Presently, the problem is getting MickySoft to release 
> what they've done as PUBLIC code. If they do not, then the Community WILL 
> rewrite SMTP. IF MickySoft does what is for the good of all and does make the 
> code public, then it wouldn't be long and we'd have the problem fixed.....for 
> the most part.
> 
> > I believe that what you probably mean is MARID, the IETF working group
> > tasked with developing the email authentication standard called
> > "Sender-ID".  Actually that isn't going anywhere, and the IETF is
> > planning to close that working group down because it failed to
> > reach consensus.
> 
> No, I meant exactly what I wrote. SMTP is flawed. It CAN be fixed.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Fred