[stld-rfp-mail] In support of the .mail sTLD RFP

[Christopher W Linfoot <cwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I write in support of the proposed .mail sTLD.

SMTP is not broken, but has been misapplied. However. it is too late to 
start again. While I recognise that global deployment of  any solution 
which extends SMTP is far from easy, any solution which builds on what is 
already there rather than starting from scratch is clearly more likely to 
work.

The proposed .mail TLD puts in place a vital missing piece of the puzzle - 

that of knowing which of 4 billion or so IPV4 addresses should 
legitimately be sending mail. This problem has been greatly compounded by 
the advent of a) mass mailing worms with built in SMTP functionality that 
propagates direct-to-MX and b) the exploitation of machines compromised by 

these worms to send spam.

Spamhaus as the lead sponsor of .mail is known and trusted throughout the 
Internet community and thus well placed to lead the delivery of the .mail 
"bus lane for trusted mail servers".

A longer statement of my support for .mail is documented at this URL:

http://chris-linfoot.net/plinks/CWLT-5XTFZY


Chris Linfoot