AOL Tests Sender Permitted From / E-mail Caller ID

securitas writes "ZDNet reports that AOL is testing Sender Permitted From (SPF), 'an antispam filter intended to accurately trace the origin of e-mail messages.' AOL is performing the widescale SPF test with its 33 million subscribers worldwide. The system works by letting recipients use the SPF record to cross-check DNS data associated with AOL's IP addresses and confirm that the message originated from AOL's servers. The system is one of three competing e-mail authentication protocols. The other IP-identifying protocols are the Designated Mailers Protocol (DMP) and Reverse Mail Exchange (RME/RMX). All systems alter the DNS database to let e-mail servers publish the IP addresses that they use to send e-mail."

Comments

Still don't get it....

[mat catastrophe]

Seriously. Are you people really getting so much spam every day that the "delete" button just doesn't do it for you?

Really, now, junk mail is just not that pressing an issue to me. And I can't see why/how it's such a huge issue for anyone else. So, can someone please give me a few rational replies to this question?

Oh, and to get back on topic, I don't think that anything coming from AOL will work properly - and if it does it's only a matter of time before someone hacks it.