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Ah yes, the ever-popular forged sender id is alive and well
Dietrich T. Schmitz * Your Linux Advocate 11th Oct
Until the senderid gets locked down we will have this unrelenting issue.

Lock-down how: PGP/GNuPG
Encouraged/Mandated by: Federal Law, if enacted.
Make part and parcel part of a email encryption privacy protection act.

ISPs would then act based on the presence or absense of a signed certificate on each email:

If absent, shunt to off-line
If present, forward to recipient.
ie8 fix

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