Antispam methods aim to merge By Paul Festa CNET via Globe and Mail (Oct 25) -- proposals by the Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) to cut spam by verifying that the e-mail senders are who they say they are.
"The idea behind the related schemes is to change the Domain Name System database so that e-mail servers can publish what IP addresses are associated with them. Internet service providers receiving e-mail can instantaneously verify whether an e-mail originates where it says it does."