Email Systems

David MacQuigg – 12/3/09                           Home

 

Presentations at U of A

Lecture notes can be seen by downloading the ppt file and viewing in PowerPoint.  These are missing from the other formats and from the view in a web browser.

Email_System.ppt – The most important application of computer networks – ECE478

AutonomicTrust.ppt – Autonomic Internet Identity and Reputation System – ECE509

Registry01.ppt – Registry of Public Email Senders – A Secure DNS Database

Email01 { .ppt  .pdf } – Stopping Email Abuse – an Engineer's Perspective

 

Open-Mail.org – Hatchery for work on the new services.

 

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Older Pages – some needing update

 

Model Email Service ( .pdf  .htm )  –  plan for an ideal email service based on open-source tools

 

Email Senders Registry ( .doc  .htm )  –  proposal for a Registry of Public Email Senders

Executive-Summary.htm

Registry-Notes.htm – additional notes

Objections.htm – objections collected from email discussions

Registry-Home.htm – home page for the new Registry

 

Stopping Spam - The Low-Tech Alternative – existing methods are all we need.  Start of an article for a general engineering audience.  The editor wanted something more "marketable", hence the alarmist tone.

 

Email Authentication – encyclopedia article for non-technical readers

 

Forwarders ( .htm   .pdf  ) – Who do we trust?

 

DomainRatings.htm – A small sample of SpamCop reports, showing AOL 100 times better than other domains.  It can be done!!

 

Spam Scenarios.htm – What will the future look like, assuming email authentication works.

 

Acronyms and Jargon.htm – buzzwords for talking with email security experts.

 

FUSSP!! - - The Final Ultimate Solution to the Spam Problem  :>)                Regulations.htm – what will happen if we don't fix this problem ourselves.

 

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Technical Documents – some needing update

 

Python Programs – A collection of programs to implement the proposed services.      CSV.py – Python implementation of CSV

 

Comparison.htm – Key features and limitations of current authentication methods.

 

draft-macquigg-authent-IOP.htm – A simple Inter-Operability Protocol allowing different methods to work together. 

        Authentication Headers.htm – Notes which should be integrated into the main doc, or made a separate draft.

 

draft-macquigg-authent-dns.htm – Email Authentication Records, Addressing the DNS Load Problem

 

draft-macquigg-authent-QR1.htm – Quick Reject 1, a lightweight authentication method.

 

draft-macquigg-authent-declare.txt – Email Sender's Declaration of Identity        authent-declare-objections.htm – collected from mailing list discussions

draft-macquigg-authent-declare.rtf – source file

draft-macquigg-authent-declare.htm

draft-macquigg-authent-declare.pdf

 

Spam Flows.txt – Diagrams of how spam flows through the internet.  Useful for discussion of proposals.