[pmmail-list] the dream

[Brian Morrison]

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On Tue, 13 May 2003 14:45:01 -0700 in
200305132145.h4DLj0F01425@probo.probo.com "Tim Roberts" <timr@probo.com>
wrote:

> Anonymity on the Internet (or on e-mail at least) is going to have to
> come to an end, and I believe that is a good thing.  There is no way
> to stop the spam pandemic as long as complete anonymity is available. 
> Once e-mail has to be authenticated to be delivered, it will be
> possible to trace a spam back to its source and sic the authorities on
> it.  Until then, it's just hopeless.

So, how to allow whistle-blowers to send emails informing about fraud,
abuse or illegal acts? Or any number of other scenarios where anonymity
is needed, say when the local genito-urinary clinic needs to inform a
patient of their tests results.

Hard problem, and while I agree that spam needs dealing with, I don't
think that doing away with anonymity should be the sacrificial lamb.

Anyone seen the RMX proposal, where a reverse MX record in the DNS could
be used to only allow mail to come from listed IP addresses since that
is hard to spoof especially after the injection point?

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Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

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