On 9/26/19 2:57 AM, David MacQuigg wrote:
The big problem I see with new solutions to the spam problem is -
there is no longer a problem.. Most of the big email services are
doing such a good job of filtering the spam that there is really no
incentive to deploy a whole new system.
Except that spam is still a problem in many ways: If you want effective
spam filtering you pretty much have to use a "big email service" or pay
a lot of money for an appliance. The bandwidth overhead of spam
relative to ham is huge, so if you host email yourself you are paying
for a fatter pipe than you would otherwise need. (The bandwidth
overhead of extra headers to aid in blocking spam also seems to be
significant.) The concentration of all of that email to a small set of
"big email service providers" does tremendous harm to users' privacy.
In some sense this has also made email less interoperable as the "big"
providers command enough market share to implement their own proprietary
features. And the spam filters block too much legitimate mail, thus
making email a less valuable service. While email is still widely
used, the distaste caused by spam and spam filters has pushed users to
alternative messaging services that are in general much less functional
overall and much more significant privacy threats, and which have other
problems besides.
Keith
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