On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:07:30 -0400, Matthew Crocker wrote:
It can be built without choke points. ISPs could form trust relationships with each other and bypass the central mail relay. AOL for example could require ISPs to meet certain criteria before they are allowed direct connections. ISPs would need to contact AOL, provide valid contact into and accept some sort of AUP (I shall not spam AOL...) and then be allowed to connect from their IPs. AOL could kick that mail server off later if they determine they are spamming.
Now there is an idea! However an improved variant is to make the entire internet a 'trust relationship' using the (obvious) steps you propose. For several months I have been pondering possible details of implementing same; see <http://www.camblab.com/misc/univ_std.txt>. Comments welcome. Jeffrey Race