Neda Communications, Inc.
September 2, 1998
Usualy email addresses have the form of "someName@someDomain.com". This provides the user with one single mailbox. The problem is that when the person uses that mailbox for various purposes. For example to subscribe to various mailing lists, participate in usenet groups, for work, for family, for play. Over time he gets on all kinds of "spam" lists.
The common traditional way of dealing with this problem is to use inbox sorters and various filters to get rid of spam and to priorotize incoming messages based on the originator or the subject.
We think there is a better way of dealing with this.
The idea revolves around providing multiple mailboxes and addresses that the user can use depending on the nature of his/her use of email.
For example, you would use one address for personal use and a different one for work related activities.
The "by name service" make your name be part of the traditional domain part and provide various "selectors" such
By having multiple ways to represent yourself, you have the control over incoming messages without having to use the mail sorter or any other filters.
The "by name service" is also related to the "by number service". For more information on the "By Numbaer Service", please visit Neda Numbering Plan web site.
Here are the list of possible addresses that you can have:
lists fax personal vendors public @John.Doe.u.byname.com work pager etwp emergency
The ``u'' represent the Duplicate Resolver. This resolver is to distinguish between two or more John Doe.
Let's take the case of ``John Doe the Road Warrior'' who spent most of his time outside the office. He relies a lot on his pager, his fax machine, and does a lot of email for work and personal use. On an average day, Mr. Doe receives about 70 emails or more. Let's see how the ``By Name Service'' can help him to solve the problems.
Clearly, John Doe can eliminate the headache of sorting the emails by using the ``By Name Service''