Re: [CORE] SPF Record ...

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Dan Langille wrote:
>> These are inaccurate conclusions.  SPF information helps to draw a
>> conclusion.  Consider it a points system.    Get so many points for a
>> might be, none for a definitely.  Get enough points, you're spam.
>> SPF is most wisely used in conjunction with other information to
>> reach a conclusion.
>
> The whole thing is evil technology, as I have previously pointed out,
> which is a reason to boycott it.  I regularly get my email blocked by
> other community members because of it.
>
> But the application you are describing here is equally stupid.  You are
> saying that even though it is -- per SPF record -- OK to send
> @postgresql.org via other hosts, you get penalized in your scoring
> system for doing so.  So in spite of *no* indication that some email is
> spam, you are (partially) rejecting it.  What sense does that make?

Which is a far clearer way of say what I just wrote in my current
pre-coffee state!!

+1

/D