On January 16, 1997 at 01:01 mjr@ranney.com (Matt Ranney) wrote:
Barry Shein writes...
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3. In order for an email message to pass over port 52 it must have a header which reads:
X-SPAM-CHARTER: This message conforms to the SPAM Charter
or similar (X-PUCE-CHARTER:). Otherwise, it's just dropped on the floor. Remember that this is the new port.
4. Abuse of that header is a litigable trademark violation (we get this set up with lawyers, but akin to DC comics or the Good Housekeeping Seal.) [...]
You can trademark the use of a TCP port? Are you sure?
It's not the port which is trademarked, just the use of the organization's name in that header and the claim that the email is compliant with the organization's charter. Think "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" or "Underwriter's Laboratories". -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@world.std.com | http://www.std.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD The World | Public Access Internet | Since 1989