Comments on: Yahoo takes on spam, boosts e-mail storage

Company on Monday will begin using Domain Keys e-mail verification technology to fight spam.

[Dachi]

One small correction.

Gmail still has not yet launched, and I know we all love to cheer on Google, but you have to understand that it is easier to start a service offering large amounts of storage space than it is to upgrade the storage for millions of users. It is a much cheaper initial investment for Google and they have less to lose if the idea is not a big success.

[ttul]

DomainKeys and SenderID do not mean "the end of spam"

Sender authentication is vital to ensure that people can trust the authenticity of email senders -- which is something that, with the help of Email client software, will make Phishing harder.

But sender authentication does not mean the end of spam. Recent research in fact shows that spammers use sender authentication 20 times more frequently than legitimate senders.

The only way to completely get rid of spam is to hide from spammers by using a multiple-persona management system like MailChannels (www.mailchannels.com). Of course, filtering could be an option too, but only for people who can stand to lose messages once in a while.

[Johnny Mnemonic]

What about challenge-response?

It also seemed to me that this was the only effective
solution since all spam is automated and a challenge
would be ignored. I understand that mail lists might
initially be clogged but this would be a small price
to pay. Why is there resistance to this method? Is
it so hard for people to implement? Such a simple
and ellegant solution is the only guaranteed way to
stop spam.

[George Cole]

small price to pay

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[renegade600]

Wait a minute

How will this affect those of us who purchased yahoo pop3 and use Outlook and is required to use their isp to send their emails with the yahoo returned address?

[himitch52]

yahoo mail upgrade ?

so where is the yahoo mail upgrade to 250mb? it,s still 100mb.

[mahip17]

Upgrade..

I think you are also asking when Y! will give its users the next upgrade...?