So after years and years of using the same protocol, the current email system seems to be very flawed - including but not limited to extortion and viruses. My question is, why haven't alternatives popped up that utilize the same technology as SSL to create "verified" senders? Email 2.0 [for lack of a better term] could have stricter standards, and any deviation from that standard would yield an error, not allow the email through. It seems like a protocol with a lot less room for deviation would solve many problems that we all have to deal with everyday, from sorting through "man-supplements" to "re-mortgaging your house in 5 minutes!" to having to question whether our bank statement is actually from our bank.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/01 ... print.html
I think it's time for a revolution.
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