Re: [imap5] Feature set? - was Re: Designing a new replacement protocol for IMAP

[Arnt Gulbrandsen <[e-mail]>]

On 02/20/2012 12:56 PM, Tony Finch wrote:
> No, the spam problem comes from accepting messages from people you don't
> already know. This is of course a necessary feature of mail which is what
> makes spam so hard.

You make it sound as if necessary features were binary.

IMO, this problem is really three disjoint problems, two of which can be
solved given architectural support. Two is a smaller number than three,
and the solutions might not be perfect, but still...

I'll post something when the current thread has subsided.

> (Actually not just that - it also comes from accepting messages from
> people you sort-of know but who don't care about wasting your time, such
> as corporate marketing departments.)

The one thing I love about Atlassian Confluence is that I can ignore the
rubbish without causing offense to its creators, and in case I'm wrong
to ignore some particular page, someone will give me its URL.

Arnt