Greg Connor <gconnor(_at_)nekodojo(_dot_)org> wrote:
I'm a little confused by the "argumenty" nature of this conversation, and I
get the feeling there is an important point that both of you are trying to
get across that I'm not getting.
Much conversation involves *not* stating assumptions. When people
have different assumptions, miscommunication ensues.
I *think* I agree with both of you, if I understand you both correctly. I
think that we would all agree that the forgery problem is serious enough
that we should start acting immediately if not sooner. However, I think
that any RFC will take multiple years to reach significant adoption.
Yes. So we can start now.
If someone's spam problem is bad enough that his email is
non-functional now, this working group will not ride to his rescue
anytime soon.
My email system has been close to non-functional for 5 years, due to
the volume of spam. No one believed me, and no one believed that it
would happen to them.
Millions of delivered spams a day. That's the future we're fighting
against. If anyone disagrees, they can ask me to point my MX to them...
Alan DeKok.