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Microsoft Submits Email Caller ID to the IETF

Posted by michael on from the snake-oil-cheap dept.

NetWizard writes "Following on the heels of Yahoo submitting DomainKeys, Microsoft decided to submit their "Caller ID" anti-spam proposal as a draft to the IETF. This proposal tries to tie in IP addresses to the domain of the sender just like SPF does. To make things even more interesting, looks like SPF and MSFT's Caller-ID proposals are merging. On a related note, Yahoo submitted an IPR disclosure for DomainKeys to the IETF."

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  1. The real problem is proprietary ownership of this by eric76 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What we really need is a solution that is completely non-proprietary. A solution that no one company has any ability to control.

    Can you imagine what the network would be like today if Microsoft (or anyone else for that matter) had patents that allowed them absolute control over any of the common protocols (telnet, ftp, http, smtp, pop3, imap, ... )?

  2. Re:How does this benefit Microsoft's bottom line? by sjb21043 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lots of industry folks (MSFT, Dell, etc) have been reporting lately that a significant portion of their service calls come from either spam or spyware.

    Cutting service costs will definitely help the bottom line.