[Gllug] A few words on the topic of stock spam

[Peter Childs]

On 16/07/07, Jason Clifford <jason at ukfsn.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Peter Childs wrote:
>
> > This has come up a number of times before (in numerous circles), We need
> > a complete rewrite of SMTP, POP3, IMAP etc to enable tracing (sender
> > id), security (encrtption etc), binary attachments (without the overhead
> > of base64 encoding) plus a list of other things.
>
> This is simply not feasable. The fact is that email is a success because
> it doesn't require stupid things like global pre-registration and
> certification which you would need for everyone ever issued an email
> address for the above fantasy to be possible.
>
> > The truth is the protocols used for EMails currently are not fit for the
> > current purpose.
>
> Wrong. The purpose of the protocols used for email is to facilitate the
> exchange of email. They are very much fit for purpose as the success of
> email demonstrates.
>
>
Hmm EMail fit the the purpose of sending spam.

Fit for the pupose of send quick simple shot text messages (like gllug).

Not fit for the purpose of sending long documents (with formating pdf etc),
pictures, etc that we don't care when they turn up as long as they do and
only send the messages you want not the spam. Which is what a lot of people
are using it for.




Peter.
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