Getting rid of spam

[Lawrence]

From: "Kelley" <kwalker2 at gte.net>
> a technical solution to spam blocking often fails to discriminate between
> unsolicited bulk mail and solicited bulk mail (a list).  it ends up going
> to the user level and they have to learn how to create their own filter
> rules.  alternatively, they can subscribe to the MAPS RBL
> <http://mail-abuse.org/rbl/> - but it costs money now--and perhaps they
> have some sort of problem with it, dunno.

IPv6 is supposed to fix these problems by making it impossible to spoof fake
addresses. It's a shame that it is taking forever to implement it. That's
the downside of network effects: it is difficult to get rid of an entrenched
technolgy (IPv4) even when it is a bad one.