The software giant agrees to merge its Caller ID for E-mail technology with the Sender Policy Framework, making SPF an increasingly important weapon in the fight against junk e-mail.
Posted by Paul Festa
Proposal for verifying the source of e-mail is shelved by the engineers working to turn it from specification to standard.
Posted by Stefanie Olsen
Company on Monday will begin using Domain Keys e-mail verification technology to fight spam.
Posted by Jim Hu
Industry group and AOL had turned their backs on Sender ID. With rewrite, AOL is back in the fold.
Products alone won't win against increasingly nasty junk e-mail; Net users must raise awareness, say tech bigwigs. Photo: Execs talk spam
Citing lackluster support and poor compatibility with its own technology, the Internet giant says it won't use Sender ID.
Microsoft says its Sender ID is ready for action. Others say it's still early days for authentication.
Posted by Joris Evers
Proposed tech standard would verify senders' IP addresses to cut malicious phishing and annoying Viagra pitches.
Posted by Dawn Kawamoto
update Tech experts hash out how to better block spam. Some don't care which standard is adopted as long as it frees people's in-boxes.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
Lack of popularity of Microsoft's antispam technology could make it harder to reverse consumers' eroding faith in e-mail.