From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ron minnich To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] re: spam filtering fs In-Reply-To: <200309070156.h871ucj14201@augusta.math.psu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 22:04:16 -0600 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2e15989a-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, Dan Cross wrote: > I've been thinking about this, and come to some conclusions. First, > that one has to do whatever it is one decides to do within the context > of SMTP or ESMTP. While importing a filesystem would be a nice, > elegant solution, it's just not realistic. I'm not willing to accept this. You are right, I have no argument with what you are saying, but I started out with 5-level baudot paper tapes and we're not using them any more, so the compatibility argument, while strong, can be trumped at some point by superior technology. I don't want these SPAM bastards putting one byte of data on my machine. That rules out any approach based on *SMTP. That said, you are correct that only *SMTP-based approach will have big impact in the 1-2 year time frame. ron