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Yahoo! Mail Now Using Domain Keys To Fight Spam

Posted by timothy on from the also-makes-great-sushi dept.

scubacuda points out this CNET story, writing "In addition to beefing up its storage (100MB -> 250MB), Yahoo! Mail has implemented Domain Keys to find spam. The idea is simple: give email providers a way to verify the domain and integrity of the messages sent. Sendmail, Inc. has released an open source implementation of the Yahoo! DomainKeys specification for testing on the Internet and is actively seeking participants and feedback for its Pilot Program. Yahoo! has submitted the DomainKeys framework as an Internet Draft, titled 'draft-delany-domainkeys-base-01.txt,' for publication with the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). The patent license agreement can be found here."

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  1. I can't wait for my 250MB. by PeteDotNu · · Score: 1, Funny

    After all, I'm using an entire 1% of my current 100MB allowance. That extra 150 will really come in handy.

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    My other processor is big-endian.
  2. One major drawback by OSXpert · · Score: 1, Funny

    The only possible flaw i see in this system is that now, in soviet russia, spammers can block Yahoo. Is this fixable or does Yahoo just have to deal with this?

  3. How will I grow my penis size now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or help rescue Nigeria? View sexy cheerleaders? Take the blue pill? Discover better Dell deals? Get flat screen plasma TVs for free? Huh? Huh?

  4. Re:Big boys by littlem · · Score: 1, Funny
    It's also these big companies that have to pay the most for spam I think, in bandwidth and storage costs etc.

    Call me a cynic, but aren't the big companies the ones who make the most from spam, by selling the email addresses of their (non-paying, at least) customers to all comers? I'm afraid when MS and Yahoo are concerned about spam, I always think of dracula complaining about an excess of blood.