[TriLUG] postfix spam blocking

[Jym Williams Zavada]

Times have changed, expectations and needs have changed, but the design of 
e-mail hasn't.  I still maintain that people are relying on e-mail in ways 
for which it was never designed.  Hence the many problems we have with spam, 
CEOs who complain about e-mail delays, and so on.  The sad fact of the 
matter is that the current e-mail infrastructure really is due for a 
complete overhaul, but it is unlikely to happen because we are already 
depending on it too much.  It is in some ways similar to problems and delays 
with the IPv6 rollout.  Unfortunately e-mail has no "SMTPv6" (and 
corresponding client-side) standards even ready for implementation, forcing 
everyone to make do with what we currently use, along with various "ad hoc" 
solutions like domain keys, SPF, RBLs, greylisting, etc.  And as far as I'm 
aware, there is little or no investment in an overhauled e-mail 
infrastructure, so we're likely to continue using the current one for who 
knows how long, in spite of all the problems.

-Jym Williams Zavada


On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 at 19:32, Alexey Toptygin wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Matt Pusateri wrote:
>
>> On Dec 16, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Jym Williams Zavada <trilugj at jrwz.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> I agree with you 100% about people depending too heavily on e-mail.  I 
>>> like to remind folks that e-mail was designed to be an electronic version 
>>> of paper mail and was never meant to be an instantaneous nor immediate 
>>> form of communication.  Instant messaging, phones and faxes are, however.
>> 
>> +1
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>
> Oh, the delicious irony. If email is like postal mail in that you don't need 
> it right now, why did you buy a device taht lets you access your email at all 
> times in all places?
>
> Email started off slow, when it was UUCP. Times have changed.
>
> 			Alexey
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