I think all Mail server creator should make this pledge:
"Our mail server will not relay mail out of the box and the user has to go through a wizard/configuration procedure to open the door to legitimate users"
Can sendmail, postfix, Microsoft, Mdaemon and other people make this pledge?
It won't mater today but in 2-3 years time it will oblige spam from coming from spammer directly 99% of the cases...
Cheers.
Franck@sopac.org
On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 15:41, Franck Martin wrote:
I saw a very nice tool http://tmda.net It spools the e-mail and ask the sender to acknowledge he sent the e-mail. It is only after the acknowldegement is received that the e-mail is finally distributed. I think this system coupled with other anti-spam techniques (like open-relays blockers,...) is very effective. Finally if mail servers were not open relays out of the box, we would be in a better world...