On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:55 PM, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
I would suggest the formation of an "IPv6 SMTP Server operator's club,"
with a system for enrolling certain IP address source ranges as "Active
Surely you don't think this is a new idea.
Would it make it more unique; if I suggested creation of a new distributed Cryptocurrency something like 'MAILCoin' to track the memberships in the club and handle voting out of abusive mail servers: in a distributed manner, to ensure that no court could ever mandate that a certain IP address be accepted into the club? Not necessarily. But I haven't yet heard of any meaningful attempt to implement something like that. Obviously with IPv4; way too many "legacy" mail servers exist that will never bother to implement new protocols and practice improvements ---- even basic things, such as SMTP rejecting invalid recipients instead of sending unsolicited bounce replies to senders (forged by spammers).
R's, John
-- -JH