Re: Re: MS press release hypes SenderID
2005-03-04 07:49:34
David MacQuigg wrote:
The question now for me is whether to spend any more time in the other
thread talking about a universal protocol that would allow the
different "frameworks" to work together. Is SenderID such a mess that
it will be difficult for everyone to adapt, or will it become the
defacto standard?
Question one:
How many things has Microsoft made into a defacto standard?
And now they are moving as fast as any corp of that size possibly can to
make Sender ID the defacto standard and muscle their way into yet one
more area. Next, over the years, I fear they'll tweak it until it only
runs on Windows servers.
Question two:
What is the state of SPF?
I apologize for not having the knowledge to help in the process of
moving SPF forward. I 'really' hate to bitch about this, but........
I'm a hosting provider and have been on this list so I could adopt SPF
and add records for all my domains. This is the best way I can support SPF.
No, I don't read every email coming through this list and over the last
few months really very few emails. Microsoft has already done huge
damage to SPF with their last minute break and patenting. SPF was left
to pick up the pieces and pull things back together.
I see that progress has been made and kudos to those pursuing that end..
and I mean to send out a BIG thank you!!!! However, to the general
public, SPF doesn't exist. The last info on the website is from November
or something and is pretty much nothing but about the break up of Marid
and a quick read there leaves one feeling SPF is dead. Meanwhile
Microsoft pushes forward as fast as possible. The [end user] world
thinks they are great for fighting spam.
I re-iterate my statement from a couple of months ago. A website simply
must be created explaining in layman's terms, what is going on. I did
some reading on the thread of the website, about the potential bandwidth
problem which is very real, but gee... create the problem and then find
the solution.
You can build the finest car in the world... better than anything that
has ever existed by leaps and bounds... something that will be better
than anything for decades to come... If you never put this car in a
showroom, but keep it hidden away in some obscure engineers discussion
list.. it will never be sold.
Again, I do apologize for ragging on about this. I know SPF is making
its way, but I know what little I do only because I am on this list. I
do not however 'know' well enough that it is going to make it and in
what "end format", to put in the effort to add records to 500 or so
domains. That's a LOT of work with too much unknown.
At this point, I fear Microsoft will yet again take over what is a very
important area of the internet and I would really hate for that to
happen. I look at them as 'settlers'. The best smart people go out and
are the 'explorers', find great new things. And then the pristine
country is all mucked up with the 'settlers' coming in. Yes, it should
have been called M$ Internet $ettler. "$ettler ID Framework" could very
easily be the next frontier which gets all screwed up. It is already
encumbered. Microsoft is 100% about making money and I fear will find a
way to make money off of Sender ID. Remember Bill was the one who
thought email postage was a best solution. Who would get that money?
Please try to do more to promote SPF. Please... a website. Please,
something that lets the general public know that SPF was just sleeping
in the coffin over at pobox, but is alive and well, before it never
wakes up again.
Respectfully Submitted,
John Hinton
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