Sorry for the possibly OT poat
This article came via http://slashdot.org
I've copied of the bulk of the news release, without commentary
and fluff, to get to the point
The PDF document gives an overview of the issues with spam, and
how it is delivered. There is a section on "Curbing Email
Forgery", which point to MARID in the summary (no mention of
SPF though)
Microsoft seems to have forgotten to publish the document (in
an obvious location I can see anyway), but does tell us how they
are saving the world from spam (including how Caller ID
prevents spoofing)
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/06-22-2004/0002197777&EDATE=
| Yahoo!, Microsoft, EarthLink and AOL Propose Key Best Practices and
| Technologies to Tackle the Problem of Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
| <snip>
| today unveiled the result
| of more than a year of close collaboration by presenting a host of detailed
| best practices and technical recommendations for the entire industry in an
| effort to fight the scourge of spam.
|
| The proposal provides recommended actions and policies for Internet
| service providers (ISPs) and e-mail service providers (ESPs) as well as large
| senders of e-mail including governments, private corporations and online
| marketing organizations. These recommendations primarily focus on two key
| issues: helping solve the e-mail forgery problem by eliminating domain
| spoofing through Internet Protocol (IP)-based and signature-based solutions;
| and best practices to help prevent ISPs and their customers from being
| sources of spam.
| The complete ASTA proposal can be found at each adopting company's Web
| site:
|
| * http://antispam.yahoo.com
| * http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/3/7/23779c05-d409-46ce-b9d6-
| c24908789d8b/ASTA_Statement_of_Intent.pdf (due to length of URL please
| cut and paste into browser) or
| http://www.microsoft.com/spam
| * http://www.earthlink.net/spamblocker
| * http://corp.aol.com/press/press_release062204.html
| <snip>
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