Is the current spam war a Microsoft creation?

[Steve Lake <st...@raiden.net>]

         Just wanted your guys' feedback on an article I wrote just the 
other day that talks about a possible source of this current spam war.  It 
talks about how its all too convenient that Microsoft got smacked down hard 
on their Sender ID system recently, and then this starts shortly 
afterwards.  Almost like they want to weary us and wear us down to the 
point that we capitulate and take their system.

http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=162 <- The article is here.

         Read it and then share your thoughts.  If it is somehow provable 
and Microsoft is somehow in the middle of this, what could be done to them 
in retaliation for this sudden flood of spam?  Assuming it is them of 
course.  And no, I'm not trying to promote any of my stuff.  I'm just 
trying to get a good dialogue going on this and see what others think about 
this topic.  If it turns out I'm wrong, which I'd like to be, then I'll 
happily eat my words.  But if I'm right, something definitely needs to be done.


Steven Lake
Owner/Technical Writer
Raiden's Realm
www.raiden.net
A friendly web community

Re: Is the current spam war a Microsoft creation?

[Steve Lake <st...@raiden.net>]

At 12:26 PM 11/10/2006 -0600, Stuart Johnston wrote:
>I thought the Sender ID thing was over a long time ago but apparently they 
>recently opened it up:
>
>http://news.google.com/news?q=sender+id

         Nah, they're trying to push it again.  It's a microsoft 
thing.  Beat a dead horse, prop it up with sticks and beat it some more 
until someone buys it.  ;)


Steven Lake
Owner/Technical Writer
Raiden's Realm
www.raiden.net
A friendly web community

Re: Is the current spam war a Microsoft creation?

[Stuart Johnston <st...@ebby.com>]

Steve Lake wrote:
>         Just wanted your guys' feedback on an article I wrote just the 
> other day that talks about a possible source of this current spam war.  
> It talks about how its all too convenient that Microsoft got smacked 
> down hard on their Sender ID system recently, and then this starts 
> shortly afterwards.  Almost like they want to weary us and wear us down 
> to the point that we capitulate and take their system.
> 
> http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=162 <- The article is here.
> 
>         Read it and then share your thoughts.  If it is somehow provable 
> and Microsoft is somehow in the middle of this, what could be done to 
> them in retaliation for this sudden flood of spam?  Assuming it is them 
> of course.  And no, I'm not trying to promote any of my stuff.  I'm just 
> trying to get a good dialogue going on this and see what others think 
> about this topic.  If it turns out I'm wrong, which I'd like to be, then 
> I'll happily eat my words.  But if I'm right, something definitely needs 
> to be done.

I thought the Sender ID thing was over a long time ago but apparently they recently opened it up:

http://news.google.com/news?q=sender+id