On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 12:52:07PM -0400,
Meng Weng Wong <mengwong(_at_)dumbo(_dot_)pobox(_dot_)com> wrote
a message of 71 lines which said:
2) Reputation systems are to be an integral component of Unified
SPF.
I do not see why it should be that way. In the Aspen framework,
authentication is a separate issue. To me "Unified SPF" means
"allowing SPF records to be used against different identities", not
"forcing reputation systems to marry with authentication, even if they
do not want to".
IMHO, reputation and accreditation are quite different from
authentication. Even if we talk about them together, in the marketing
talk, under the Aspen umbrella, they are still different:
* authentication is almost only a technical problem, reputation and
accreditation raise a lot of political problems.
* thanks to SPF Classic, authentication is a well-known (I would not
say solved) issue, reputation and accreditation are still new.
* everyone agrees that authentication is A Good Thing, while
accreditation still make some people worry (what if spammers get
accredited by a greedy accreditation agency?).