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Re: Murkowski anti-spam bill could be a problem for ISPs

  • From: Sean M. Doran
  • Date: Thu May 29 11:36:34 1997 
"Kent W. England" <[email protected]> writes:

> If the ISP community doesn't address the email problem with protocols and
> technical solutions

Precisely.  The current stack of email protocols are the
problem here; it's been known for what, fifteen years,
that Internet email is trivially forgeable and can be used
to generate spectacular denials-of-service.

>, then the legislators will respond to their constituents
> with regulations.

It's sad that apparently the Internet has evolved to the
point where politicians move faster than standards-makers.

	Sean.
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