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Re: Fwd: Re: [Asrg] Consent Proposal

2003-06-30 15:56:39
In message <5(_dot_)2(_dot_)0(_dot_)9(_dot_)2(_dot_)20030630142433(_dot_)00ba85f0(_at_)std5(_dot_)imagineis(_dot_)com>, Yakov Shafranovich <research(_at_)solidmatrix(_dot_)com> writes

. Third, inter-operability with existing email is a big problem as well since no one would want to use an alternative system unless many people will switch over to it and many people will not switch others use it.

<set mode way back>
I'm sorry Alexander Graham Bell, we can't possibly accept this new fangled telephone thing you've just invented because the above quote claims a catch 22 for deployment. It'll never work


This system is very similar, in fact almost identical, to the current one employed by Hotmail.

I thought the issue with hotmail was that you just made the spam appear to come from the recipient or from one of the main hotmail "special offer" accounts and then it would just sail right through. Certainly this happens with mailblocks - it can't block mail apparently coming from yourself.

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