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From: "Meng Weng Wong" <mengwong(_at_)dumbo(_dot_)pobox(_dot_)com>
To: <spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 12:49 PM
Subject: [spf-discuss] Why Spam Is A Hard Problem
In mail to Andrew Newton, I drew up a short list of the tensions
inherent in the top-level requirements which underly much of the spam
debate. I hope this amuses.
- The world wants to solve spam,
- except the spammers and the multimillion dollar industry which surrounds
them,
plus the multimillion dollar antispam industry which surrounds that.
People want the New Email to have the following features:
- people don't want to get worms or viruses.
- people have a God-given right to send and receive executable
attachments.
Etc. Good stuff, but I think you left out two.
- people want to identify exactly who sent them email.
- people don't want others to stalk them via their email.
And:
- people want email to be open to make it easy to use for the most unskilled
users.
- people want email to be secure from prying eyes.