Re: Bloody phishing emails!

Johannes wrote:

Mike Scott wrote:
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No, the answer is education, I think. Not coercion, or yet more costs. 


But education only speaks to the converted. The answer is that every email
should be traceable; there can be no genuine reason to send anonymous

That would be very useful. Technically, I think there's no particular problem, beyond getting everyone to agree on a standard (and spf isn't the answer!). But quite how you get every ISP and his dog to implement new standards is the M£64 question.

emails. It would also at the same time discourage spamming and virus emails.
This may require technical changes. It could be introduced such that if
the trace is lost at some point, then the email is automatically dumped.

Hmm. We'd have to agree to differ there - I'm not sure dumping purely because a traceback is lost is such a good idea. But for now it's academic anyway.....

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