Yakov Shafranovich

The Internet is now indispensable to business at the cost of Internet abuse. Spam cascaded from an annoying trickle to a raging flood of ads, viruses, spyware, and phishing scams that pour into millions of inboxes everyday all over the world. With upwards of 80% of all e-mail traffic now spam, it's no wonder that organizations worldwide are looking for new ways to eradicate this blight. This article will discuss some of the newer developments in the "battle of the inbox." E-Mail Authenication: SPF, Sender-ID, DomainKeys and IIM Like traditional mail, e-mail is supposed to have a return address, often called a "bounce address," where undeliverable e-mail is returned. This address isn't always the same as the address of the author, which is called the "from address," just like in the real world where the return address on the envelope doesn't necessarily match the pe... (more)