Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
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So I'll repeat myself: let's have an anti-spam BOF and hopefully and
anti-spam wg. First order of business for this wg: analyze the spam
problem and then see if mechanisms can be found to reduce the
amount of
spam by 1 - 2 orders of magnitude. After that, we can decide if it's
worth it to write a protocol and try to have it deployed.
I agree with the idea of a BOF, but 'anti-spam' is the wrong focus. Spam
is a social problem, not an engineering one. I contend that is why we
already have a research group dealing with it (social problems are
inherently difficult for engineers, thus requiring research to figure
out). Focus the group on a tangible engineering problem, deployable
authenticated email. Or as Vixie labeled the more generic, interpersonal
batch communication system.
Tony