Re: False positives (was Re: [Asrg] Re: RMX Records)

["Alan DeKok" <aland@freeradius.org>]

"Chris Lewis" <clewis@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
> Alan, you simply have to recognize that _nothing_ anyone can come up 
> with of a technical nature can help your situation short of everyone 
> abandoning SMTP.  You're MANY standard deviations away from the mean.  A 
> pathological worst case.

  I agree completely.  Last year, I was telling people my domain was
"so far out on the edges of the statistical distribution that I'm
getting nosebleeds from the altitude"

  Not a pretty picture, but it got the point across.

> The value that your experience has lies in a different direction - the 
> signpost for where we're all going if we cannot build solutions 
> effective enough to severely discourage spammers before we all look like 
> striker.  An early warning for what the death of SMTP email will look 
> like if we can't get a handle on it _now_.

  Exactly.  That's why I've been so vociferous with my opinions.
People with their heads stuck intentionally in the sand are ripe for a
good, firm, kick in the pants.

  Alan DeKok.
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