Mntsnow
09-24-2004, 7:59 AM
A Microsoft-backed proposal for verifying the source of e-mail has been shelved by the Internet engineers working to turn it from specification to standard, in a final blow for antispam technology Sender ID.
Sender ID is a technology designed to foil spammers by authenticating an e-mail sender's "@" address, such as "@yourbank.com," by checking its underlying, numeric Internet Protocol address. The system combines a previous proposal called Sender Policy Framework, or SPF--authored by Meng Wong, chief technology officer at Pobox.com--and Microsoft's follow-on "Caller ID for E-Mail Technology." Read more at News.com (http://news.com.com/Microsoft-backed+antispam+spec+gets+filtered+out/2100-1032_3-5380029.html)
Sender ID is a technology designed to foil spammers by authenticating an e-mail sender's "@" address, such as "@yourbank.com," by checking its underlying, numeric Internet Protocol address. The system combines a previous proposal called Sender Policy Framework, or SPF--authored by Meng Wong, chief technology officer at Pobox.com--and Microsoft's follow-on "Caller ID for E-Mail Technology." Read more at News.com (http://news.com.com/Microsoft-backed+antispam+spec+gets+filtered+out/2100-1032_3-5380029.html)