PayPal Asks E-mail Services to Block Messages

roscoetoon writes ""PayPal, the Internet-based money transfer system owned by eBay, is trying to persuade e-mail providers to block messages that lack digital signatures, which are aimed at cutting down on phishing scams, a company attorney said Tuesday.So far, no agreements have been reached,..." "...PayPal is using several technologies to digitally sign its e-mails now, including DomainKeys, Sullivan said. DomainKeys, a technology developed by Yahoo Inc., enables verification of the sender and integrity of the message that's sent." "...An agreement with, for example, Google for its Gmail service could potentially stop spam messages that look legitimate and bypass spam filters.""

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Re:How about just block emails from paypal?

[DrLov3]

How dare they do this, imspeech the people sending emails to me(scammer or not), I need those emails, thier futile attemps to get my money is detectable at the naked eye, I need those for my weekly laughter at thier incompetence, keeps me cheered up, otherwise I might go on a killing spree or something, and paypal will be held accountable for the death and violence.

I mean why on earth would a third party have the right to request that I stop recieving my emails.