At 10:38 a.m. 26/09/2003, Claire wrote:

Actually, at least one ISP in the NZ market already has a 'Virtual Mail Server' ASP product out there, with Spam and Content Control features coming in the next few weeks.

Probably an appropriate time for me to mention that one of the activities that the InternetNZ Spam Taskforce is looking at is an easy to access website where ISPs and others can list what spam technologies they use and have available (both at server level and for clients to use). Another aspect may be some sort of guide to commercial solutions. Want to avoid it being an "INZ says this is good or bad" but something where users can rate and review solutions so more people are aware of the limitations of Mail Marshall (as one example) or Mailwasher (great product, but bounce facility is inappropriate as it forges) as another example. Consumers Institute is also looking at doing a survey in the near future, and we may team up with them to do one combined survey. DPF