RE: IP-based reputation services vs. DNSBL (long)

["Lawrence Rosen" <lrosen at rosenlaw.com>]

> Not to belabor the totally painfully obvious, but DNSBLs are a
> protocol for communicating email sender reputation that are
> implemented in open source software without patent encumbrances and
> have been for a deacade.

Wonderful! /Larry



> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Levine [mailto:johnl at iecc.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:38 PM
> To: ietf at ietf.org
> Cc: lrosen at rosenlaw.com
> Subject: Re: IP-based reputation services vs. DNSBL (long)
> 
> >I hope the charter, unlike the previous one, will require the
> >development of a protocol for communicating email sender reputation
> >that can be implemented in email products without known patent
> >encumbrances that are incompatible with open source software. Email
> >is simply too important to allow otherwise.
> 
> Not to belabor the totally painfully obvious, but DNSBLs are a
> protocol for communicating email sender reputation that are
> implemented in open source software without patent encumbrances and
> have been for a deacade.
> 
> What would be the point of yet another WG to reinvent this wheel?
> 
> R's,
> John

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