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MS and Sendmail work together on Spam Solution

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the here's-hoping dept.

fudgefactor7 writes "Powerhouse software vendor Microsoft and the venerable Sendmail, have formed an alliance to launch a sender authentication plug-in which is hoped will combat email fraud and spam. The plug-in lets organisations verify a message's source before accepting it by automatically checking to see if an email came from where it claims it did. Could this be a sign of the beginning of the end of spam?" Update: 02/26 08:01 GMT by S : Though Microsoft and Sendmail are both working on solutions, there's no official alliance in place between the companies.

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  1. If only... by Richardsonke1 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "Could this be a sign of the beginning of the end of spam?"
    If only I had a nickel for every time I've heard this...
    --
    "Men lie."
    "Yeah, about sleeping with other women, but never about bioluminescent plankton."
    -Dan Brown
  2. Re:Perspective.... by essreenim · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well said,
    If the lame Outlook ws really a friend of the likes of Sendmail, this could have been implemented years ago,
    the technology has been there

  3. Er.... by sethadam1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Which is worse - that the submitter didn't read the article, that the Slashdot editors didn't read the article, or that most of the commenters didn't read the article?

    Microsoft is NOT working with sendmail. They both happen to be working on ways to combat spam. That's not news, we all knew that already. Nowhere in that article does it say anything about cooperation.

    I nearly fainted when I saw the headline, but sadly, it simply isn't true.

  4. sendmail + Microsoft, by Alex · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hardly standard bearers for secure software....

    Alex

  5. Hmm by retro128 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    With their combined expertise on preventing system exploitation, I'm SURE they will find a way to stop the spammers!

    --
    -R
  6. Defining Sender Policy in DNS TXT records - SPF by GodWasAnAlien · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://spf.pobox.com/spf-draft-20040209.txt