Dialogue: Can E-Mail Be Saved?

In round 2 of their online dialogue on the scourge of spam, ISP
maven Barry Shein and e-mail standards pioneer Dave
Crocker grapple with whether the cure may be as bad as the
disease. The onslaught of spam, says Shein, has made us
"desperate enough to begin considering draconian responses
analogous to boarding up all the windows in our home just to
feel safe.... We need to go after the spammers themselves and
stop cowering in the dark behind boarded-up windows." Crocker
cautions against rash measures: "In the process of making email
safe from spammers, we are in danger of making email
content-free," writes Crocker. "Perhaps we should slow down a
bit, and try to understand the problem, before we act so hastily."
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