[Gllug] MP crap shock

[Peter Adamson]

Richard Smith wrote:

>> Try writing a polite letter/email to him pointing out the failings of 
>> his plan and suggesting some more viable alternatives - If he's so 
>> stupid whats *your* fool proof plan for stopping spam? I'm not 
>> flaming you here but you need to give the guy a chance, if you show 
>> him the right thing to do (tm) and he still fscks up then you can 
>> call him stupid.
>
>
> I'm part of a very small group of people made up of ISP mostly, who 
> are working on strategies to combat spam at the protocol level, and I 
> have written to the Right Honourable (Idiotic IMO) Derek Wyatt, and 
> suggested that he meet with us to discuss possible outcomes to combat 
> spam.
>
> Since there are several key factors that conribute to spam, it's a 
> safe bet that if you eliminate or at least restrict those factors, 
> then the level of spam will reduce.
>
> Derek's basic premise of verifyable senders is a great idea, although 
> since he has little to no understanding of the protocols and 
> technologies involved, he's come to the one obvious conclusion: a 
> policy that's not pro-active in the protection. For any anti-spam 
> policy to be effective, it needs to be pro-active. IE verification 
> happens before the the email is even routed.
>
> Believe in the Force... ISP's can be a force to reckon with when they 
> want to ;)
>
> -- 
> Richard
>
>
I should of talked a bit more about this.
The company that I work for is : http://www.isode.com
We produce email & LDAP servers. (I'm still farely new BTW).
 (Our email server now has greylisting, as well as bayesian spam filtering).

Isode is already attempting to lobby the APIG (All Party Internet Group) 
with regards Anti-Spam legislation & basically attempting to
explain to them what email is.


Cheers,
Peter




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