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IETF Approves SPF and Sender-ID

Posted by Zonk on from the protocols-forward dept.

NW writes "According to the records in the IETF's database (here and here), both the SPF and Sender-ID anti-spam proposals were tentatively approved by the IESG (the approval board of the IETF) as experimental standards. It remains to be seen whether any of them will actually put a dent into spam." At the same time, the FTC has opened a central site about email authentication.

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  1. Thanks for clarifying this. by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yet again it is proven that we can't trust the editors here to provide valid, truthful news content. Indeed, this is the sort of misleading that I would expect from a lower class site such as OSNews. But thank you for clearing this up.

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  2. Haggis... by ehaggis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The refined man's Spam

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    One ring to bind them - should probably have more fiber and less rings in their diet.