You know, I really hate that the email system is so damn insecure. It is just too easy to falsify headers and make life miserable for other website owners.

There is currently someone out there spamming using an @americasdebate email as their return address. Obviously, it’s not me.

I’m receiving bounced email at the rate of about one per minute. I expect that rate to increase, followed by complaint email from recipients of the spam that actually made it through, followed by an email from my host asking me what is going on.

Just for the record, I am not a spammer. America’s Debate has never so far as sent a mass-mailing or newsletter to our registered members. We certainly are not spammers. Never have been, never will be.

We have only ever sent email at the request of the recipient, or in the course of regular operation (e.g. initiating contact with an online merchant with a product inquiry). We are not spammers. Never have been, never will be.

So, if anyone out there has any ideas to make email more secure, I would love to hear it. I have my own ideas and have had those ideas called ‘crazy’ and ‘wishful thinking’ and ‘utopian’ and ‘idealistic’ among many other adjectives. So, let’s hear your ideas before I give you mine.

Mike