At 11:15 PM 8/13/2002 -0400, Keith Moore writeth:
>> spam is a non-technical problem. the ietf is not well suited to
>> solving such things.
>
>otoh, it might be possible to develop technical mechanisms to make it
>easier to marginalize and/or prosecute those who spam.
The "technical mechanism" of the trust system I previously mentioned on
this list is being _completely_ ignored. It is *THE* most viable solution
anyone has come up with to date in this thread and I am waiting for people
to respond to it. And for those of you who don't want to re-write the SMTP
protocol, it even offers the ability to run across the SMTP protocol.
Hope this helps!
Thomas J. Hruska -- shinelight@shininglightpro.com
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