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Hotmail To Junk Non-Sender-ID Mail

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. Not a big deal. by yoder · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I will just stop sending mail to anyone using Hotmail and MSN.

    Problem solved. Next!?

    --
    "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act!" -- George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
  2. Shooting themselves in the foot by eander315 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I fail to see how this is anyone else's problem. If they want to label all my mail as junk, that's fine with me. Their users will probably not be too happy about it, and most will probably switch to another email service. If no one reacts to their demands, MS will be forced to abandon this line of action.