Need a bigger type size. I can barely read it. as it pops up in IE on my 17"
1024x768 screen.
The quote from Doug Otis belongs with the previous paragraph. It is about
license issues, not technical.
This parenthetical statement:
(and is the encumbered technology that killed MARID),
really doesn't add anything and is moderately inflammatory. If you want to
include it, you need to find a different spot. It doesn't go logically with
the sentence:
"PRA" (Purported Responsible Address) as it is implemented within SenderID, has
many technical problems that make it unsuitable for use in the real world.
The sentence is a technical statement, the parenthetical statement has to do
with social. legal and political issues.
Might be good to give it a bit more positive tone by starting with some thing
like:
SPF's developers and users welcome proposals that will truely help clean up the
current email mess. Many SPF developer's and users consider that Microsoft's
SenderID proposal is technically unsound and undermines the progress already
begun by SPF. SPF development and deployment predate Microsoft's entry into
the field and have achieved significant success to date. SenderID, in its most
recent form, appears likely to interfere with the correct function and
deployment of SPF.
One of the reasons that the Internet is so tremendously successful is that its
core technologies have been open for use and development by all.
Non-commercial developers write much vital Internet software, including the
mail transfer agent (MTA) programs that handle the majority of the world's
email. Microsoft's licensing position regarding SenderID makes it difficult or
impossible for many of these authors to incorporate SenderID. If SenderID were
widely deployed, the license issue would create a barrier to open development
of Internet infrastructure software that has not previously existed. SPF on
the other hand has been made freely available to all, including Microsoft, with
no restrictions whatsoever.
Mark Holm