[epub] Re: For The Record, Will Microsoft Own Email?

["Lois Carter Fay" <lcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John and everyone,

I thought you might like to read what an attorney friend sent me with
regards to the Microsoft "owning email" issue. Here are a couple of items:

http://slashdot.org/  good news source

It's more than likely a "news opinion" than a reality.
I think the option of a proprietary id standard will never fly
regardless.
Each major company has a different idea on how to fix this spam problem.
Grain of salt from me for now.
DW

But read this...

 http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040905212754195

To your success,
Lois Carter Fay, APR
Marketing Idea Shop, LLC
Publisher, "MarketingIdeaShop BRAINY Tidbits" Weekly Ezine
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Glube" <jbglube@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Epub Discussion Group" <epub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 2:22 PM
Subject: [epub] For The Record, Will Microsoft Own Email?


Following the online news lately?

Then you probably read something about the recent announced
closure of the working group known as MARID focused on
developing an IETF sponsored open standard for sender
authentication.

However, Microsoft continues to forge ahead with its plans.

What? And you thought Microsoft's Sender ID had been pushed
to the curb. Nope.

Perhaps of even greater concern is that Microsoft has two
patent applications pending containing extremely broad
claims which arguably cover not only Sender ID, but also
Sender Policy Framework.

Not possible you say. Well, read own. And there continues
to be the issues surrounding the form of Microsoft's
proposed license which is not compatible with open source
software licensing standards.

Why is this important? Because most of the software used by
mail servers is open source software.

Either way, should Microsoft persist and fully prevail,
well ... we all use email in our business. Everyone raise
their hands who wants one corporation controlling email.
... I thought so.
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