richb01803
Rich
join:2001-02-14
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| reply to dru
Re: Verizon's is actually the more-sensible approach
Well, maybe having the big ISPs implement really annoying restrictions will force the software companies to innovate and provide better email software.
Email's the #1 most popular application on the Internet, and it's been that way since the beginning.
Software vendors put their heads in the sand ages ago and decided that complying with a 20-year-old RFC with the likes of sendmail (world's buggiest program), Eudora and Outlook (world's least secure program) from now until eternity is a fine and acceptable state of affairs.
Well, I reiterate: email software as it stands today is "not well made". It's not up to the average 10-employee small business to come up with the answer to this problem; it's up to the well-heeled software vendors to do it. If not them, then perhaps the Linux freeware development community will take on this challenge (if for no other reason than to do an end run around SMTP port 25 when the ISPs gang up and block it).
I don't think the ISP managers are playing a good game of chess here. They'll bring worse problems on themselves by continuing these policies without also seeking long-term solutions in cooperation with the software development industry. |
