On Friday, May 02, 2003 8:35 PM, Vernon Schryver
[SMTP:vjs(_at_)calcite(_dot_)rhyolite(_dot_)com] wrote:
From: "Eric D. Williams" <eric(_at_)infobro(_dot_)com>
Here is another for the pile and an interesting side-bar.
"pile" has some of the right connoations.
and rightly so.
8<...>8
The last says:
} Every email sent by a Trusted Sender-certified company will
} display a unique seal in the top right corner of the email message, by
} which consumers can verify that the message is:
8<...>8
all of your assertions are right on point IMHO. In addition the executive
summary to me connotes a less than expansive understanding of SMTP/TCP/IP where
in that case more than two pieces (though not all within the context of the
SMTP conversation) can be had, e.g. IP address of originator; which may be used
for additional checks on origination validity (see the many proposals on this
list and some of your assertions.
http://eprivacygroup.net/teos/TEOSwhitepaper1.pdf starting on page 14
defines as other than spam as any bulk mail, even if unsolicited, that
has more or less honest headers. This notion is distinctly similar
to TrustE's notion of a web site that protects privace provided it
doesn't lie about violiating it.
That is the dictum that is used, it is very troubling that such an entity would
continue to follow that paradigm when dealing or attempting to with rogue
players (for the most part) by their own assertion.
That white paper has all kinds of cryptographic gunk that makes sense
only if you assume S/MIME, PGP, and SMTP-AUTH do not exist and that some
outfit should be paid to verify the identities of spammers.
<rumbling chuckles>
In other words, it's a high class version of the so called spam
defenses from such as Stu Sjouwerman's Sunbelt Software.
8<...>8
High seems to have the proper connotation.
-e
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