[Am-info] Row over how to junk spam e-mail

[Roy Bixler]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 11:16:26AM -0500, Mark Dodel wrote:
> Instead of fixing the damn problem they now propose some unworkable new
> system that will probably require everyone to use the platform that is
> causing the bulk of the problem to begin with.

I see typical MS procedure in operation here.  From what I understand,
MS' "Caller ID" is just a more bloated version of SPF wrapped into
XML.  Conveniently, MS has applied for a patent on "Caller ID":

http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/02/26/1448253&mode=thread

Perhaps they want to use XML for this purpose because they have also
received a patent on certain uses of XML:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/12/2349232&mode=thread

Even if this patent doesn't cover "Caller ID" use of XML, it shows
that Microsoft is playing their usual game of trying to exert control,
if not ownership, over standards.

R.

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