America Online and Yahoo both plan to begin using technology that verifies the source of e-mail messages in coming months, as they step up efforts to stop spam.
In September, AOL will begin verifying the source of incoming e-mail using a component of Microsoft’s Sender ID authentication architecture. By the end of 2004, Yahoo will use its DomainKeys authentication technology to sign all e-mail coming out of the company’s mail servers. The decisions are part of an industry-wide push to thwart spam and online scams known as phishing attacks. By implementing these technologies, ISPs and e-mail providers like AOL and Yahoo can expect to improve their ability to verify the source of e-mail messages, say executives from e-mail technology companies.
How about stopping the plethora of AOL disks from showing up in the mail too? -KF
Source: PCWorld
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