>I run a few mail servers, and have built many more. I personally would >have no desire for my mail to be handled by POP3, passed in cleartext >across the public internet, when I simply log into >my machine securely (locally or remotely) and type "mail" to access my >email. There is nothing in my proposal that requires your private email to deviate from your current more secure methods of SMTP delivery. By definition, any thing that is bulk is no longer private, because you can't control what another person will do with the same information. > Further, I am not interested in having my mail sit on someone elses >server. Your email would not. Only bulk email which is shared with many other people. > Don't get me wrong Shelby, I HAVE a POP3 server, that I built >myself, for the use of friends and affiliates. Nor do I have the desire >to collect 2-3000 mail boxes in my lifetime, for all of the business >relationships I may make during this period. It is a wrong assumption to equate business email with bulk email. >IF you want to get rid of spam, try communism, wherein there is no need >for commercial messages of any type. It is a wrong assumption to equate commercial email with bulk email. > Seems easier than a complete rewrite >and redeployment of SMTP, which is what would be necessary inthis >instance. Don't get me wrong, but respectfully, this has *NOTHING* to do with SMTP. SMTP is not involved and not changed. Shelby Moore http://AntiViotic.com