There are all types of authentication that can be done to verify email. =
Almost all of the suggestions I've seen involve a major rewrite of code =
for servers. The bigger question is what do you want to do with privacy? =
Registering at any level means you are now immediately identifiable. =
I've seen a lot of talk about rewriting tcp/ip even to prevent spoofing =
ip's and the like. I personally come down on the side of making it major =
illegal to forge an email header. Then going after the people who break =
that law. I have also seen a new twist where one ISP puts a sentence in =
all their email messages. That sentence is a copyrighted work and if a =
spammer uses them as a portal then all the email messages go out with =
this copyrighted work and the ISP uses the copyright laws to go after =
them. Too soon to see if that one will work. Spam is an interesting =
balance between our rights, their rights, and privacy rights. But one =
thing is certain unless something is done about spam the internet will =
collapse from the torrent of email or people will just find an easier =
way to do business. The next big hot button of course is pop-ups and =
cookies. What right does someone have to place a cookie on your machine =
to track your activity? Or carrying that further, what right does =
Microsoft have to inventory all your software and report it back to them =
when you do an update. (By the way RedHat is starting down that path =
too.)  If you run Win2K and have SP3 they now have that ability =
(although they say they don't use it - yet). Our ability to maintain =
control of our legally purchased software/hardware and to maintain some =
semblance of privacy is under serious attack. I'm not a doom sayer but I =
see in the next few years major battles over this. We are seeing the =
first wave of this with MP3's and the RIAA. And the Fed's are weighing =
in with the next generation Carnivore program that will see everything =
going through an ISP.=20

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