On Wed, 28 May 2008, michael.dillon@bt.com wrote:
I don't see how, in your preferred replacement email architecture, a provider would be able to avoid policing their users to prevent spam in the way that you complain is so burdensome.
To begin with, mail could only enter such a system through port 587 or through a rogue operator signing an email peering agreement. In either case, there is a bilateral contract involved so that it is clear whose customer is doing wrong, and therefore who is responsible for policing it.
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