Re: @debian.org email forwarding and SPF
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 09:43:24AM +0200, Bj?rn Stenberg wrote:
> Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > Return-Path:, From:, HELO, Sender:, Resent-From:, MAIL FROM:, and the rest,
> > are all spoofable to be from a throwaway domain that doesn't publish SPF
> > records, so spammy can keep throwing his shit out through open proxies and
> > zombies. So unless you're going to refuse all mail that doesn't verify OK
> > with SPF, you're not going to stop any spam at all.
>
> Correct. But SPF is not intended to stop spam, it is intended to stop
> joe-jobbing.
Not according to the lead developer of SPF. In an interview with him, at
http://www.circleid.com/article/634_0_1_0_C/, SPF is described as an
anti-spam scheme at least 4 times (I gave up counting after that).
- Matt
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