On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 03:29:21PM +0000, Ian G wrote: > Peter Gutmann wrote: > > >Barry Shein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Eventually email will just collapse (as it's doing) and the RBOCs et al will > >>inherit it and we'll all be paying 15c per message like their SMS services. > > > >And the spammers will be using everyone else's PC's to send out their spam, > >so > >the spam problem will still be as bad as ever but now Joe Sixpack will be > >paying to send it. > > > >Hmmm, and maybe *that* will finally motivate software companies, end users, > >ISPs, etc etc, to fix up software, systems, and usage habits to prevent this. > > > > My view - as controversial as ever - is that the problem > is unfixable, and mail will eventually fade away. That > which will take its place is p2p / IM / chat / SMS based. > In that world, it is still reasonable to build ones own IM > system for the needs of ones own community, and not > to have to worry about standards. Which means one can > build in the defences that are needed, when they are > needed.
Better start on those defenses now then- there is already significant amounts of IM and SMS spam. I would be suprised if the people designing IM and SMS systems have learned much from the failures of SMTP et al. Eric
