[ietf-smtp] why I'm discussing the spam filtering problem

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Mon, 05 October 2020 02:18 UTC

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Subject: [ietf-smtp] why I'm discussing the spam filtering problem
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It's because I care about Internet email, and having it work well.   
It's because I hate to see Internet email lose out to FacedOut and 
LockedBook and Tooter and Frop and most of the other profoundly 
dysfunctional toys that people use for interpersonal messaging these 
days.   It's because (and I'll probably regret saying this) RFC821, 
RFC822, and their descendants have actually held up fairly well in terms 
of functionality, especially in comparison to these toys, though there's 
clearly a need for improvement by now.

I'd like to think that other people here also care about having Internet 
email work well, but so far the loudest people just seem to be screaming 
for their right to sabotage it.   Maybe there's some good intent and 
good faith buried in those arguments, but it's hard to see.

Keith