On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:35:30 +0300, Andriy G. Tereshchenko wrote
This will be real problem during next several years until BigISPs
will start to use SMTP AUTH. I see this is as big problem. There is
no reasons for ISPs to support STMP AUTH. They usualy do not care
about spam. Spam is source of thier money. If end-user will spend
more time to recieve his email using dialup - this mean more money
for ISP.
This is only true in places where ISPs bill by the minute. In the U.S.,
almost no one does anymore. So spam *does* represent a cost to the ISP,
because it uses up bandwidth without increasing revenue.
This is why you see outfits like AOL on the vanguard of anti-spam technology.