John Rudd wrote:
I've been re-thinking Marc's "IMAP for sending, instead of SMTP"
proposal. And this "block Bcc" part got me thinking even more.
I think he may be on to something. But lets take it one step further.
Email via fingerd. That'll throw off the spammers.
Wouldn't identd be more apropos?
And to slow down their spam-bot attacks, I propose we replace the
internet backbones with the long-proposed-but-never-implemented
IP-via-carrier-pigeon. We'll need an authentication scheme to go with
this. I'm going to suggest a GSSAPI method for wax envelope seals.
Perfect for carrier pigeon packets. And _EACH_ packet is individually
authenticated. PERFECT!
RFC 1149, I had forgotten about that! This *could* be the answer.
And we'll send preferred traffic (because we hate net neutrality!) over
bongo-net.
Or better yet, use mockingbirds instead of pigeons,
I think this new internet architecture will stop the spammers in their
tracks. No, really, it will.
Either that or get them shat on, which would be a messy affair. :-D
/me goes back to lurking...
--
Craig
