Chris wrote:
I am kind of lost here. The current infrastructure does not require "pull", your will require "pull". Even though its running on top of SMTP and POP3, nevertheless you will require all clients to do "pull" in order to get email. This looks to me as a major change.The question is not making the change, rather justifying it. You need to show how this system will reduce spam and by how much, in order to justify change to the entire Internet email architecture.Confused! how is this a "change to the entire Internet email architecture." It is a modification or even a "grafting"
What about the users that force the email to be pulled, just like the users who click on links in spam today?from http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crocker-spam-techconsider-02.txt 1. SPAM AND CONSENT ... its definition varies from "unsolicited commercial email" to "any email the recipient does not want". Often there are no technical differences between spam and "acceptable" email. ... by this definition spam has no definition so its about choice, the recipients choice because it is he who ultimately decides what is spam for him(her) Therefore by empowering the recipient to control from whom he receives e-mail then in fact we obliterate it from the face of the earth. because what is left is acceptable to the recipient. the very first and most powerful application is the ability to deny mail from forged sources this is without a shadow of a doubt the source of most "objectionable" e-mail and this is achieved automatically the source MUST identify itself or it won't get the call back