Linklog Current StatusIf you read my words about fixing SMTP last month you might want to take a look at an draft RFC document I came across regarding technical issues in dealing with spam. As well as being a useful summation of the issues involved, it’s also framed (as you might expect of an RFC) in fairly uncontroversial language, which is unusual for a [...]
If you’ve ever needed to hunt for NTP details when setting up a computer you might want to use pool.ntp.org which, for each query, will give you a random public ntp server using round-robin DNS. Especially useful for roaming laptops.
Along with an exponential rise in spam in the last few years, I’ve noticed a corresponding rise in the number of commentators who have concluded that the only solution is to dump SMTP. Occasionally it’s a government representative who’d like the ability to tax email. Often it’s a pundit. A recent ZD piece being a perfect example: “SMTP is outdated, [...]
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