9 Feb
2004
9 Feb
'04
1:21 p.m.
* Michael.Dillon@radianz.com (Michael.Dillon@radianz.com) [Mon 09 Feb 2004, 11:40 CET]:
Imagine a world in which only ISPs run SMTP servers which only talk directly to other servers with which they have an offline relationship. A world in which everybody hands over their email to an ISP for onward delivery in order to get it into the system. A world in which it is virtually impossible to send anonymous or forged email without the cooperation of an ISP.
Yuck. (I'm getting flashbacks to a certain Dr. Strangelove scene right now. And to some from Brazil, too.) -- Niels. -- Blessed are the Watchmakers, for they shall inherit the earth.