Re: SPF Record ...

On 18 Nov 2006 at 12:52, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 15:44 -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> > On 18 Nov 2006 at 11:29, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > My question is:
> > >
> > > What problem are we trying to solve by using SPF?
> >
> > And SPF record is not for us.  It is for others.
> >
> > An SPF record tells other people where our email is [most likely] to
> > be coming from.  It helps them to design spam detection techniques.
> > When combined with other information, it helps them to draw a
> > conclusion as to whether or not a given email is spam.
>
> O.k. and is OpenSPF the definitive source for information on it?

I do not know who is the definite source.

> Honestly, the whole thing sounds pretty pointless at least at this
> juncture. I am not bashing the technology but I don't really see a
> reason for it.

Good!  Then you'd agree, there's no harm in publishing our SPF
records vis DNS and letting others use it.

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