Open sourcers revolt against Microsoft antispam plan
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Two prominent open-source software groups have rejected a proposed technology standard backed by Microsoft Corp. that would close a loophole used to send unsolicited commercial
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Internet engineers working on a standard for identifying the source of email messages voted down a proposal by Microsoft to include some of that company&#39;s intellectual property in the specification.
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So much for Microsoft&#39;s Can-Spam proposal. Now you can add America Online to the growing list of ventures who&#39;ve rejected a Microsoft-patent-encumbered and lawsuit-challenged anti-spam standard, Sender ID.
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Microsoft&#39;s E-mail-filter technology, Sender ID, is unpopular with open-source advocates but popular with spammers, who are using it to bypass other filters.
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The Software Freedom Law Center says the "junk patent" threatens open-source projects. The holder says it's willing to deal--but the group asks too much.
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Fear has been mounting in the open-source community that Microsoft could start suing users at any time for alleged patent violations.
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Ziff Davis - In the aftermath of Sender ID, some are concerned that Microsoft may use its vague IP claims over basic Internet protocols against other companies and open-source developers.
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Blog: Popular add-ons could have their update process hijacked by man-in-the-middle attacks.
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TechWeb - Microsoft's E-mail-filter technology, Sender ID, is unpopular with open-source advocates but popular with spammers, who are using it to bypass other filters.
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Questions regarding potential patent issues and skepticism from the  open source community relating to Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) SenderID have prompted global Internet service provider AOL (NYSE: AOL) to drop the anti-spam technology.
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Australia's Kingfisher Bay Resort, under attack from increasingly clever spammers, has gone public with its decision to switch from Symantec's antispam product to a competitor. The incident spotlights the difficulty of keeping such products "up to scratch."
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America Online says it will not move forward with deployment of SenderID, the controversial anti-spam protocol being promoted by Microsoft.
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Civil liberties groups join the Department of Justice to protest a ruling that said ISPs can freely monitor e-mail. By Ryan Singel.
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Updated: The Internet giant plans to fight spam by implementing the industry-standard Sender Policy Framework instead, citing tepid support for Sender ID in the open-source community.
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WASHINGTON - E-mail authentication can help fight the growing spam e-mail problem, but vendors need to come up with a single, open standard to avoid confusion and crippling costs for small ISPs (Internet service providers), participants in a U.S. government summit said Wednesday.
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New antispam technology standards are on the way that promise to hit spammers where it hurts the most--their wallets. At issue is the ability to authenticate the original source of e-mail messages, a major
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As other attacks surface Doubts have arisen about the effectiveness of a Windows key generator package that allegedly offered a means to circumvent Microsoft's anti-privacy protection.â¦