Contributed by grey on from the get active dept.
Still, their position seems more encouraging than another story on which I've seen less reporting. Namely, Sendmail's release of Sender ID milter. We previously posted a story on the concerns that are entailed with these actions but it now appears that lines are being drawn by two prominent vendors. You might also want to look at these stories here and here by Yakov Shafranovich to get some additional background on this issue and why it is important.
That said, you can contact these organizations and let them know how you feel. Here are some links for more information on how to contact these organizations and give them your support or dissatisfaction on these issues:
Microsoft (their standards licensing question address is: stdsreq@microsoft.com)
Of course, perhaps the real irony to this story is why FOSS vendors are even put in the position of having to take a stance relative to intellectual property and licensing, when some analysis reveals that these techniques aren't even entirely effective.
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By fuzzyping (192.43.161.9) on
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By grey (207.215.223.2) on
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By fuzzyping (192.43.161.9) on
1. The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
2. An act or instance of such falseness.
i-ro-ny
1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
2. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
Your first use of irony is misplaced. Your second appears to be more appropriate. It has nothing to do with diplomacy or tact; you're simply using the wrong word. If you're looking for something less volatile, might I suggest chicanery or illusory? :)
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The goal is to establish a mechanism to allow for establishing a reputation, to ensure that if I get an email that shows an envelope from address of "aol.com", that message really did come through AOL.
Eventually the goal of these techniques is to permit more accurate validation of mail path headers and the claimed origination points. Achieving that goal will vastly improve the effectiveness of other anti-spam techniques.
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