This is in response to an article about using DNS and RBL’s to stop Junk email.
Sounds like another expensive and resource consuming gadget.
User education is propably preferable as although some maybe only slightly more inteligent than the machines, they can usually identify
dodgy email and bin it.
A combination of education and a lightweight filter mechanism would probably be more cost effective.
Andy
STOP JUNK E-MAIL WITH DNS
The United States and Europe both agree that junk e-mail is a serious threat to the Internet and that new protocols and methods must be developed to combat it. As antispam laws work their way through the governments of the world, research organizations and individuals continue to work on antispam methods that are compatible with the existing SMTP standard. At the moment, relay block lists (RBLs) are one of the more effective ways to stop spam.
WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK > In this week’s column, Jonathan Yarden discusses a proposal before the Anti Spam Research Group that uses DNS in a new way to stop junk e-mail.
Does this sound like an airtight proposal?
What do you think of Jon’s suggestion to add RMX records to your DNS zone files now, in anticipation of this becoming an Internet standard?
Are you ready to go that far?
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