Gordon Messmer writes:

Sam Varshavchik wrote:

Provided that they will follow through on their promise, and they don't do something stupid, like using a âtrusted authorityâ certificate model, this is going to be the final solution. âfreemailâ is just a temporary stop-gap measure.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/12/05/spam.yahoo.reut/

Acknowledging that my opinion isn't worth much, this seems stupid. As described, the solution would require all of the work that SPF does (http://spf.pobox.com/), plus additional computation. What's the additional check get you?

Forwarding will now work.

SPF breaks forwarding.

Am I missing something, or is this going to be a stupid standard that
gets used only because it's backed by enough money?

There's that, and there's the 800lb gorilla factor.


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