A better solution

["Spooksters" <spooksters@xxxxxxxxx>]

Having read the article on the .mail domain proposal, I can't agree 
more with requiring some form of authentication to cut out spammers. 

I myself have been subjected to "spoofing" practices too many times 
to count and I have been forced to use alternate e-mail addresses 
just to be able to continue conducting business - simply because my 
main e-mail address (which has been spoofed) is being rejected by 
more and more of my business partners servers. 

What makes it more irritating is that writing to a self-appointed 
spam list keeper like spamhaus.org to complain about my problem 
hasn't helped - so what assurance do I have that paying US$2,000 will 
get me better service?

What we need is more authentication control or a database that all e-
mail servers can check againt to confirm the sender's identity 
(suggestion - use the authentic sender's server IP address as the 
gold standard for reference) before forwarding it. Getting registered 
into this database shouldn't cost much - heck, it can even be 
included into the domain registration cost if it is five e-mail 
addresses or less. 

That way, at least smaller businesses, and more importantly, 
operators who are not in the US who'll feel the financial pain even 
more due to unfavourable exchange rates, will get to enjoy a level 
playing field instead of creating a two-tiered Internet mail system.

-- 
Francis Nantha
Chief Spookster