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> From: Hochstrasser Benedikt [mailto:bhoc@pentagroup.ch]
> Now if I were malicious then I'd say it's Microsoft's /intent/ to push
> license-incompatible MTAs out of the race.
> Question is - how much of a chance does
> yet-another-proprietary approach
> have? IMHO only an open, royalty-free, friendly-license
> standard has the
> potential of widespread acceptance.
The problem is the leading open, royalty-free candidate was SPF.
Unfortunately, Meng decided to accept Microsoft's offer to get involved and
help move it along on a standards track, so now we're seeing a classic
"embrace-and-extend" move. It's likely the final draft of the standard will
involve SenderID.
What's more troubling is no one's been able to get a straight answer as to
whether Microsoft's patent would cover the original SPF proposal, or just
one that includes SenderID.
