On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 10:58:13AM -0400, Jeff Wheeler <jwheeler@usip.org> wrote a message of 19 lines which said:

Top story on Slashdot: http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/09/13/1317238.shtml?tid=172&tid=95&tid=218

Warning: this is probably non-operational content. I suggest to move the discussion in private or on the MARID Working Group mailing list.

Zocalo writes "The MARID working group at the IETF responsible for deciding on which extensions to SMTP will be used to try and prevent spoofing of the sender has made their decision. At issue was whether Microsoft's patent encumbered Sender-ID would be eligable for inclusion in an Internet standard. An initial analysis of the text of their decision, available here with a brief analysis, would suggest not.

This is heavily simplified (the PRA algorithm was not rejected).

Unless Microsoft is going to make any dramatic concessions out of desperation, that pretty much clears the way for Meng Wong's Classic SPF to become the standard and hopefully make Joe-Jobs at thing of the past."

This is also either wishful thinking or pure disinformation. For those who want the facts, see: http://www.imc.org/ietf-mxcomp/mail-archive/msg04673.html co-chair judgment of consensus related to last call period of 23-Aug-2004 to 10-Sept-2004