[LINK] NYT/SMH: To beat spam, pay to send email

[Howard Lowndes]

On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 11:03, Antony Barry wrote:
> On 05/02/2004, at 10:51 AM, Carl Makin wrote:
> 
> > The problem with signing mail is that it is not the default action in 
> > mail clients.  It's moderately complex to setup and requires active 
> > involvement by the user to maintain.
> 
> I tried to set it up a year or two ago and found that it was too hard 
> to bother with for the perceived benefits. That or I was just too dumb 
> to figure it out.

My point exactly.  You're technically competent; just image Joe Sixpak
and Betty Bluerinse.
...and it is not the same as having SSL connections.  What we are trying
to certify here is the From: email header, not the MAIL FROM: envelope
header.

> 
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