Murkowski anti-spam bill could be a problem for ISPs

Thu May 29 15:23:15 UTC 1997

"Kent W. England" <kwe at 6SigmaNets.com> writes:

> If the ISP community doesn't address the email problem with protocols and
> technical solutions

Precisely.  The current stack of email protocols are the
problem here; it's been known for what, fifteen years,
that Internet email is trivially forgeable and can be used
to generate spectacular denials-of-service.

>, then the legislators will respond to their constituents
> with regulations.

It's sad that apparently the Internet has evolved to the
point where politicians move faster than standards-makers.

	Sean.