http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58618,00.html
---SNIP--- ISPs Up the Ante in Spam Fight, By Michelle Delio 02:00 AM Apr. 25, 2003 PT They're mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore. It's not news that Internet service providers are sick of spam, but now it seems their patience has truly worn thin. [...] Everyone in attendance agrees that spam is pure evil. But few agree on how to stop this pillage of their networks. Stopping spam isn't difficult, but stopping it without angering clients and legitimate e-mail marketers is a challenge. "We face two incompatible demands. Our customers want no spam, but they also want no censorship," said Ken Slaughter, CEO of Active Internet Communications, an ISP based in Springfield, Missouri. Judging by the products demonstrated at IPSCON, the next generation of spam-fighting tools will be permission-based e-mail, a sort of caller ID for e-mail systems that allows users or ISPs to screen messages and decide what to respond to and what to ignore. [...] ---SNAP--- -- np: Judas Priest - Grinder
