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Re: @debian.org email forwarding and SPF



On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 09:33:34AM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> 
> It's not stopping the mail because it's spam - it's stopping the mail
> because the sender address is provably false. What happens when the virus
> starts sending mail claiming to be from <validuser>@debian.org? It sails
> straight through the SPF check...

Dude, honey@d.o is a valid developer's email address...
 
> Given the amount of bounces hitting our company server from mail claiming to
> be from valid local addresses, none of which would have been stopped if both
> we and the other servers employed SPF, I think the ball is firmly back in
> your court. :)

See above.

Andrew



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