SPF Council elected and organized
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The Sender Policy Framework Project announces the election and official
organization of its first council
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Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, December 22, 2004 -- The SPF project, an
Internet project dedicated to stopping e-mail forgery and spam, announces
the election results for its first elected council. This election is one
of several steps the SPF community is taking to create a more organized,
cohesive approach to fighting electronic mail abuse.
SPF's founder, Meng Weng Wong said, "A benevolent dictatorship is a great
way to start a project, but now that we have over 5000 people on various
mailing lists, a more structured form of organization is necessary, and
I'm glad to see the SPF community self-organize in this fashion."
The council election took place in late November 2004 and was finalized on
2 December 2004. The council's purpose is to steer the overall SPF
standardization effort, promote uptake of SPF on the global Internet, and
to further develop and improve SPF communications. Elected to the council
were Mark Kramer (Leiden, Netherlands), Chuck Mead (Cary, NC, USA),
Julian Mehnle (Munich, Germany), Wayne Schlitt (Lincoln, NE, USA), and
Meng Weng Wong (Philadelphia, PA, USA).
Council Organization
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The newly elected council held its first organizational meeting on
4 December 2004 and elected council officers. The council officers are
Chuck Mead - Chairman, Meng Weng Wong - Executive Director, and
Julian Mehnle - Secretary.
About the SPF Project
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The SPF project was founded in 2003 by Meng Weng Wong to act against the
increasing levels of e-mail sender address forgery by spammers, imposters,
and computer viruses. He and the many dedicated internet technologists
who have joined him have developed the sender authentication technology
now called Sender Policy Framework.
SPF aims to fix various ambiguities in the standards underlying the e-mail
system that have essentially remained unchanged since their inception in
1982. The Sender Policy Framework allows domain owners to define who may
and may not send mail reputed to be from their domains.
For additional details about Sender Policy Framework see:
http://spf.pobox.com
About the SPF Council
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Established in December 2004, the SPF Council's mission is to steer the
overall SPF standardization effort, promote the deployment of SPF on the
global Internet, and to develop and improve SPF's public messaging and
communications.
For additional details and news about the SPF Council see:
http://spf.mehnle.net
Press Contact
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Meng Weng Wong
Executive Director, SPF Council
phone: +1 888 POBOX-COM
e-mail: mengwong(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com
Alternate formats of this press release:
HTML: http://spf.mehnle.net/Press_Release/2004-12-22
PDF: http://spf.mehnle.net/blobs/press-release-20041222.pdf