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SPF To Be Integrated With MS 'Caller ID' System

Posted by timothy on from the in-quotes dept.

An anonymous reader submits "CNET's news.com is reporting 'An ongoing effort to consolidate antispam authentication schemes took a big step forward with the merging of Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and Microsoft's Caller ID for E-mail.' This is potentially good news." For more background, here are three previous mentions of Microsoft's proposed Caller ID-style system.

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  1. Money by Frit+Mock · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    1. Create an virtual "Authority"
    2. ???
    3. Profit

    OF course, it is an absolute must, that M$ is part of that game.

  2. EEE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Microsoft embracing SPF ? Seems like an usual Embrace, extend and extinguish tactics to me. Open your eyes, Meng.

  3. Re:Why not XML? by amRadioHed · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Nice try dude. Metaformat means a format for creating formats. In other words, a metaformat is a format. Therefore you're a karma whore. QED.

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