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May 8, 2006 :: Volume 2, Issue 4
Next Issue: May 2007

I Know What You Sent Last Summer

Posted by TimSlavin at October 14, 2003

"As I've discussed, the problem with spammers is their actions have no consequences because they have no persistent identity. Therefore, they have no reputation. This is a result of e-mail being an insecure medium. SMTP, the e-mail protocol used by all Internet servers sending and receiving e-mail, allows a sender to say he's whomever he wants to be. There's no way for a recipient to verify a sender's identity. Passing laws that outlaw unsolicited commercial e-mail won't help. You cannot fine those who cannot be found." Good discussion of the legal approach to spam (and why it won't work) and one possible alternative, secure identity. From ClickZ.

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