Messages in this thread | | | From | "jdow" <> | Subject | Re: VGER does gradual SPF activation (FAQ matter) | Date | Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:23:30 -0700 |
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From: "Bernd Petrovitsch" <bernd@firmix.at>
> On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 22:17 -0700, jdow wrote: > [...] >> that matter. It simply says, "When I went and looked at the guy's claimed >> mail source the spf record said he was who he said he was." Who vouches > > No. SPF simply defines legitimate outgoing MTAs for a given domain. > Within a domain, it is up to the postmaster to allow/disallow address > forgery and for the rest of a world (to tell where legitimate email of > his domain comes from), the postmaster defines SPF records. > > Bernd
And just recently we received a spate of spam that came from a domain that disappeared almost immediately. Domain names are cheap. They can vouch for the spam run. Then what happens to them doesn't matter. But the SPF record passes.
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