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IETF Decides On SPF / Sender-ID issue

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 13, 2004 @02:43AM from the making-the-hard-choices dept.

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."

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HAHA by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-13 02:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I win.
1. Re:HAHA by Auntie+Virus · 2004-09-13 02:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Meng? Is that you?
  
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  Why yes, I *AM* new here. Why?
Eat shit and die, Kitty Kelley! by Genghis+Troll · 2004-09-13 02:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic
Criminy. Learn some grammar. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-13 02:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It's not "try AND prevent spoofing" dammit. It's "try TO prevent spoofing". 10 point deduction.
And check the spelling, too by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-13 02:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"Eligable"? *sigh*
Re:One little problem ... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-13 04:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This standard applies to mail servers.

Desktops are irrelevant here.

So that fact that the majority of the websites are tailored to run on IE has nothing to do with the desktop dominance of Microsoft, afterall the http applications run on servers ...

Right?