AOL Rejects Spam Plan by Microsoft
From Associated Press
Add America Online Inc. to the growing list of companies and organizations shunning a spam-fighting proposal from Microsoft Corp.
AOL, a unit of Time Warner Inc., cited “tepid support” for Microsoft’s so-called Sender ID technology, which seeks to cut down on junk e-mail by making it difficult for spammers to forge e-mail headers and addresses, a common technique for hiding their origins.
The announcement came on the heels of a recent decision by Internet engineers to reject a preliminary proposal from Microsoft because of its patent claims.
The decision decreases the likelihood that the industry would converge around a single mechanism for authenticating e-mail. Yahoo Inc. already is exploring its own system.
