Comment License to Operate a Mail Server? (Score 1) 747
I have often thought about this, and while I don't like the idea, it seems the way to really get rid of spam is to license email-server operators, or the servers themselves. There would be a global 'whitelist' of licensed email servers on the net. You would configure your server to only accept mail from those mail servers and no others. If a server sends spam, they get removed from the whitelist. If they continue to send spam, they lose their license forever.
Like I say, I don't really like this much intervention, but spam is getting out of control, and it seems that the solution should come from the providers running the mail servers rather than client side filters.
Like I say, I don't really like this much intervention, but spam is getting out of control, and it seems that the solution should come from the providers running the mail servers rather than client side filters.
