At 16:56 04/02/01 +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
Mandatory authentication is also a bad idea IMO. Obviously authentication
is very important and must be supported so that people who only want to
receive mail from verifyable sources get to implement this policy, but
that doesn't mean that we should force *everyone* to use such a policy.
I tend to disagree. *I* don't want you to receive a message that is faked
and pretends to come from me, but doesn't. Even if you don't care, I do.
I would strongly prefer a system that would not allow this. And my gut
feeling is that most users would be with me on this.
It's simple irrelevant how many people want this. It can't be done,
without a) changing human nature globally or b) exterminating all
humans.
C'mon, seriously folks, can we please keep the discussion focused on
the *possible*, and exclude utopian dreams requiring massive social
engineering?
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