Spam at one level is a security problem, it's the allowance of non-validated
sender to send messages impersonating other users.
Which arises from the design of SMTP and the general openness of the
Internet as it was developed originally.
Guys, we're losing sight of the problem here. While preventing counterfeit
headers is nice, it's entirely possible for the customers of ANY single
spammer-friendly ISP literally *anywhere* in the world to flood the Net with
spam.
And spam doesn't HAVE to come from a non-validated sender. Spam is spam even
if
Microsoft or Dell or HP or General Motors decides to send it. Nothing says it
can't be a "validated" sender doing it.
Gordon Peterson http://personal.terabites.com/
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