Re: Email Web of Trust

Yakov Shafranovich <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:45:46 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.asrg.smtpverify
Organization SolidMatrix Technologies, Inc.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
John R Levine wrote:

>>What about a simpler system - Site A states that site B is a known MTA.
> 
> 
> That's pretty much what web-o-trust is.  It just lists IP addresses.
> 
> The problem is IP addresses like the MTAs of cable ISPs that relay a whole
> lot of spam along with the real mail.
> 
> 

Then the real question becomes, what class of spam and what 
aspects/types of spam problems does this "web of trust" idea solve?

Yakov