Yahoo Developing Open Source Server Software For Spam-Resistant E-Mail

Tristan Rhodes tristanr at CI.GRANDJCT.CO.US
Fri Dec 12 15:53:56 GMT 2003


Since we were talking about AOL's anti-spam tactics, here is some info about Yahoo.

"The company is developing code, called DomainKeys, that's compatible with Sendmail and qmail, two popular E-mail transmission programs known as message transfer agents. It anticipates release sometime next year. DomainKeys will use public key cryptography to digitally sign outgoing messages to reassure a public now suspicious of E-mail. "

http://www.linuxpipeline.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HY12EQWM4BORKQSNDBCCKHY?articleId=16700123

What do you think of this strategy?

Tristan




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