Re: [Asrg] Adding a spam button to MUAs

Ian Eiloart <iane@sussex.ac.uk> Mon, 01 February 2010 16:57 UTC

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--On 1 February 2010 14:59:03 +0000 John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

> You're right, for the minority of us who run IMAP.  For everyone else
> who uses POP, mailing an ARF report back to the POP server may be the
> best we can do.

So, are we looking at an IMAP/ANNOTATE extension for IMAP users and an 
RFC5451 modification for SMTP users? The IMAP/ANNOTATE is much more 
efficient than sending an abuse report, and less susceptible to outside 
interference.

Does ARF allow richer expression than ANNOTATE?

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Ian Eiloart
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