[wellylug] Spam problem highlighted by Ian

[sitharus at sitharus.com]

MS released the specs. From what I hear, it's just SPF, but in XML. I
haven't looked at it yet, but I will soon.

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/privacy/spam_callerid.mspx

My domain has SPF records, and since it's just a TEXT DNS record, it
shouldn't be too hard to have them both existing.

> Well, only if they are allowed to. Authenticated email has to be the
> way to go. I suspect that future authenticating email system will
> *have* to support both the Microsoft and "other" authentication
> systems. But only if the "other" get their finger out and develop a
> viable alternative authenticating mail system.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff