October 22, 2008, 4:20 AM — One of the main issues with the original development of email is that it was never designed to be secure. The focus of email was mainly to be functional and easy to use. Today these core functions, which made the invention of email successful, are now the root cause of the problem. Spammers can send millions of messages for a minimal cost. At the same time spammers can hide or falsify their identity information. For this reason the prohibition to send commercial electronic messages disguising or concealing identity information is included in all the anti spam legislative instruments currently implemented. Read the rest of this story>>
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