From: "Mark C. Langston" <mark(_at_)bitshift(_dot_)org>
Obviously, if each mail recipient implements a different reputation
system, reputation gets marginalized because reputation is inherently a
shared metric; without sharing, reputation is based entirely on direct
personal experience. While this can still be effective, it takes a long
time to establish a baseline for a given identity, and the problem of
novel identities is encountered with a frequency so high as to be
problematic.
Interesting - could it not be arranged so that an individual has call on the
shared reputation "database", but can also choose to use his own
experience - much like building your own black/whitelists in SpamAssassin -
either combined with the community standards or on his own?
I appreciate your explanation, Mark. Where do I find GOSSiP? I'll take a
look at what been published and maybe stop asking stupid questions ;-)
Slainte,
JohnP.
johnp(_at_)idimo(_dot_)com
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