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that's an interesting question, I think spam is part of how... for a proper answer I would look at how SMTP has evolved over time.



SMTP started without proper authentication so anyone could spoof anyone's address. Most of those extensions try to fix this. But ActivityPub, for example, has authentication built-in from the beginning in the form of HTTP signatures.




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