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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by codedokode on Sunday July 16, 2017 @08:36AM (#14781730)
Open sourcing the spam filter will only help spammers. It is unlikely that it would work on an individual server with small amount of traffic.

Instead of trying to make a perfect spam filter we should abandon outdated inreliable mail transfer protocol.

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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by Feld0 on Sunday July 16, 2017 @09:14AM (#14781851)
What would a spam-resistant successor to today's email protocols look like? Is such a thing in the works by someone?
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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by jsjohnst on Sunday July 16, 2017 @11:38AM (#14782411)
This is completely off topic from this thread, but one way to easily cut down on spam (that would break many email senders today) would be to require that a mail server can only send email for a domain you own. Yes, I'm familiar with DKIM and similar tools, but they don't go far enough.
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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by codedokode on Monday July 17, 2017 @01:38PM (#14790699)
Another way is to accept emails only from your contact list.
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