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Reports of STMP email’s death are greatly exaggerated

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 4 August, 2008 to the technology subset

“Spam isn’t a technical problem, it’s a social one.” John Levine on why there is little point in devising a more secure alternative to the SMTP email standard.

The reason that e-mail is uniquely useful is that you can exchange mail with people you don’t already know. The reason that spam exists is that you can exchange mail with people you don’t already know.

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