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.mail Domain To Eliminate Spam?

Posted by Hemos on from the been-talked-about dept.

steve.m writes "The BBC are reporting on a new batch of top level domain names being submitted to ICANN for approval. By far the most interesting proposal is for a .mail TLD to register legitimate mail servers. Could this eventually be the end of spam ?" *yawn* The same old discussion, with no implementation in sight.

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  1. Re:Ok.. by tanguyr · · Score: 4, Informative

    well, if you use it to receive mail, your mail server is already identified by an MX record...

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  2. Re:Good luck by afidel · · Score: 5, Informative

    um, we have this cool tool called reverse DNS that allows us to confirm that the machine we are talking to does indeed have a legitimate entry under the DNS name they are purporting to send mail from.

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  3. Re:Good luck by golgotha007 · · Score: 5, Informative

    i don't like this form of validation. I have many business customers running mail servers using business DSL from various ISP's. These IPS's do not allow for custom reverse entries on their DNS servers.

    This form of validation would cripple thousands of businesses.

  4. Re:You want a new goddamned standard? by El+Cubano · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's the goddamned standard... Make it ultra-easy so it's simple to hit critical mass where everyone uses it.

    Take a look at this: Sender Policy Framework.

    There is even a wizard that walks you through the creation of the appropriate TXT records for your DNS zone file.

  5. Re:Obligatory spam solution rejection form by Tomun · · Score: 4, Informative

    It appeared in a slashdot comment here
    and its also at Cory Doctorow's site here.

    My guess is that Cory wrote it.