Re: Why spam is a problem.

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry at piermont.com>]

Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu> writes:
> however if you know that the message comes from a trusted source,
> you might give it preferential treatment.  for instance, you might
> allow it to be delivered immediately.   if you aren't sure about
> the message source, you might refuse to accept the message for
> some period of time - a few hours or a few days.  

Unfortunately, one of the best uses of email is to contact people
outside your circle. I got a couple of mail messages today from people
I haven't heard from in a while and who I would not have had in my
whitelist.

I think the main good certification can do is to stop some of the
idiocy mail forging viruses have started.

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Perry E. Metzger		perry at piermont.com
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