In message <198A730C2044DE4A96749D13E167AD37565E17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx om>, "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" writes: > > >Do we have to go through this yet again? > >The entire premise of spam filtering is that the recipient is not >prepared to deliver mail to a user's mail box unless the sender >convinces the recipient of their bona fides. No. The entire premise of *this form of spam filtering* is what you meant. The phrase "bona fides" is even more problematic; I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader. --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf