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Re: Good enough?

2005-01-05 16:42:52

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Sam Hartman writes:
"Hallam-Baker," == Hallam-Baker, Phillip 
<pbaker(_at_)verisign(_dot_)com> writes:

    >> From: fanf2(_at_)hermes(_dot_)cam(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk 
[mailto:fanf2(_at_)hermes(_dot_)cam(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk] On
    >> Behalf Of Tony Finch

    >> So would you say that this effort shouldn't aim to
    >> automatically eliminate spam and phishing, but instead make it
    >> easier for users to manually identify the < 10% of email that
    >> is legitimate?

    Hallam-Baker,> For better or worse the email authentication means
    Hallam-Baker,> of solving the spam problem is owned by
    Hallam-Baker,> SPF/Sender-ID framework for the next couple of
    Hallam-Baker,> years. 

I'm not at all convinced that is true.  Moreover I'm convinced that a
MASS-style solution can do a better job of providing usability to end
users than SPF.

Yes, I too would like some evidence to back up that assertion.

- --j.
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