[wellylug] Re: CA-CERT Assurance

[Chris Hodgetts]

That sounds like a better idea that the others that are proposed..

like -- paying for sending e-mail, I heard , paying like 0.02c per e-mail
and you have to buy bulk.....
or sending it via a "Microsoft Approved" smtp server, or worst, ISPs
blocking  port 25...

I like any idea that does not invole me having to deal with a company or
haveing to be "Autherised" to send e-mail by a company.




> The general idea was to put a TXT record in your domain with a list of
> addresses or netblocks that were allowed to transmit mail from an
> @yourdomain.foo address.
>
> So when your smtp server receives a message, it can check that the
> connecting address is listed in the record.  If it doesn't exist, the
> message is more likely to be spam.
>
> It's not perfect, but it's by far one of the better ideas I've heard
> recently.
>
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> [mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Enkidu
> Sent: Friday, 4 June 2004 6:55 p.m.
> To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Re: CA-CERT Assurance
>
>>Personally, I like Microsoft's DNS caller-id system as a solution for
>>spam.  It requires no changes to existing protocols - it works
> alongside
>>standard SMTP and nothing forces you to test the validity.
>
> What that? Is it just requiring reverse lookup or is it more than
> that? I did read it at the time, but it's slipped my mind.
>
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