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

Peter Peters P.G.M.Peters at utwente.nl
Mon Dec 15 11:01:57 GMT 2003


On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:26:24 +0000, you wrote:

>So when you get a mail without a correct domainkeys header, you know
>absolutely nothing about its validity. You may like to think you know it is
>not a valid Yahoo account, but you are wrong. You have absolutely no
>information about whether it is valid or not.

It also won't block spam that is injected by a compromised system using
as from-header the domain of that system (or perhaps pulled from the
mailer on that system).

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Peter Peters, senior netwerkbeheerder
Dienst Informatietechnologie, Bibliotheek en Educatie (ITBE)
Universiteit Twente,  Postbus 217,  7500 AE  Enschede
telefoon: 053 - 489 2301, fax: 053 - 489 2383, http://www.utwente.nl/civ



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