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	Title		: Proxy Mail Address Protocol
	Author(s)	: D. Coulter
	Filename	: draft-rfced-exp-coulter-00.txt
	Pages		: 18
	Date		: 04-Aug-98
	
   Perhaps the most intrusive form of Internet mail abuse, the
   unsolicited mail problem is a chronic aggravation that users are
   generally powerless to stop or prevent.  Many forums have played
   host to endless criticism of the problem, particularly leveled
   against those who engage in the activity and their tactics, but few
   solutions have come to the forefront that provide users an adequate
   defense.  While economic and social influences define the human
   side of the problem, the permissiveness of the Internet mail
   architecture with regard to the freedoms it grants senders, as well
   as the fixed relationship between mailbox and address, are the
   critical factors that provide opportunity to those who would abuse
   it.

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