Hotmail To Junk Non-Sender-ID Mail

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 23, 2005 @02:23AM from the talking-to-yourself dept.

William Robinson writes "If your e-mail does not have a Sender ID, Microsoft wants to junk your message. Somewhere after November, MSN and Hotmail will consider it as spam. Sender ID is a specification for verifying the authenticity of e-mail by ensuring the validity of the server from which the e-mail came. Some experts feel that 'Sender ID' is not an accepted standard and has many shortcomings. Some also feel that Microsoft is trying to strong-arm the industry into the adoption of an incomplete and not accepted standard."

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Re:Stop using Hotmail by WhiplashII · 2005-06-23 03:08 · Score: 0, Flamebait

True, but here's how it will play out:

1. Hotmail starts requiring Sender-ID.
2. Hotmail usership drops slightly.
3. Microsoft employees start calling customer service of your company complaining about not getting email (even if they are not your customers)
4. The word gets to your management.
5. Your management requires you to implement Sender-ID.
6. ??? (You have to buy an Exchange server to comply)
7. Profit! (For Microsoft...)

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