Re: @debian.org email forwarding and SPF
Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > 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).
Ok, now we're into definitions. It does stop some spam, namely joe-jobs. That could makes it an anti-spam scheme if you like. It does not, nor have I seen it ever claimed, stop all spam.
In the article Wong says that SPF can, and does already, stop spam with false sender information. That is completely true. Also note that he himself actually never calls SPF an anti-spam scheme. It is the *interviewer* who does, repeatedly.
Maybe Wong is a bit more optimistic than some of us, but I don't think he is actively misrepresenting what SPF is and does.
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Björn
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