Can Email Be Saved?
from the thinking-inside-the-box dept
Infoworld went out and asked six "experts" if they were starting from scratch how they would build an email system to prevent spam - and the answers aren't anything new. They tend to fall into three categories: identify/authenticate users, shift certain functions away from email or sue, sue, sue. Of course, people are trying all these things already and so far... still plenty of spam. Also, in the intro to the article, it says that they asked an "unrepentant spammer" for his take on how to stop spam - but whoever it is, his response doesn't appear in the article. I searched around the InfoWorld site and I can't find it at all. In fact, I hadn't realized just how confusing the InfoWorld site is until now. It's pretty much impossible to find stuff unless something from the outside points you directly in to an article. Perhaps before they save email, they should save their own site. Anyway, if anyone can find the spammer's take, please let us know via the comments so I can adjust this post.
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Spam Solution..
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Internet/Servers/Mail/Q mail/
Its not the the tools are not developed... its that the protocol needs to change without getting hijacked by commercial interrests.
to see how 6 'experts' (who are all nicely friendly with their commercial tie-ins) miss the point.. read up on qmail and wonder.
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Re: Spam Solution..
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E-mail spam / junk mail solution
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How to save email
The government who created the Internet is not going to intercept. the PACs are not going to intercede, and FCC won't intrude as long as the radio wavelength isn't disturbed.
We got what we asked for: a lawless society. Now it is up to us to "fix" what should have been stopped ten years ago starting with spam. We can't control what others do, but we can join together to accomplish one simple solution. Reducing the size of email to 30K, banning all html and stationary in email, and banning all attachments except .gif will go a long way toward reducing the noise on the internet. Closing open relays. And of course, exceptions should be made for secure business messaging.
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