IETF Decides On SPF / Sender-ID issue

Zocalo writes "The MARID working group at the IETF responsible for deciding on which extensions to SMTP will be used to try and prevent spoofing of the sender has made their decision. At issue was whether Microsoft's patent encumbered Sender-ID would be eligable for inclusion in an Internet standard. An initial analysis of the text of their decision, available here with a brief analysis, would suggest not. Unless Microsoft is going to make any dramatic concessions out of desperation, that pretty much clears the way for Meng Wong's Classic SPF to become the standard and hopefully make Joe-Jobs at thing of the past."

Comments

Re:I saw spammers are ready for this

[gowen]

At this point in time, if everyone used SPF, my guess is that at least 50% of spam would be blocked.

And this week's statistics-pulled-out-of-ass award goes to .... DrZaius. Congratulations, with no methodology, or data, you've just invented a statistic, and attempted to pass it off as fact.

Well done.