| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> |
| Subject: | Re: [CORE] SPF Record ... |
| Date: | 2006-11-19 20:53:31 |
| Message-ID: | 200611192153.32508.peter_e@gmx.net |
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> The thing is, 'checking for spam as it comes in' doesn't get rid of,
> or reduce, the problem ... SPF might not be it either ... but, if (in
> a perfect world) every mail server forced something like SPF, so that
> ppl could only send email through a legit mail server (ie.
> commandprompt.com email through a commandprompt.com mail server,
> gmx.net mail through a gmx.net mail server, etc) ... would that not
> reduce the overall spam on the 'Net?
Not really, because of two reasons:
1) Spammers can just register their own domain and set up SPF records
for that.
2) Most spam is sent through zombies, so it passes through the SPF
system undetected.
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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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