| From: | "Dan Langille" <dan(at)langille(dot)org> |
|---|---|
| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-core(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: SPF Record ... |
| Date: | 2006-11-18 21:01:45 |
| Message-ID: | 455F2E69.32676.84518FD@dan.langille.org |
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On 18 Nov 2006 at 12:52, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 15:44 -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> > On 18 Nov 2006 at 11:29, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > My question is:
> > >
> > > What problem are we trying to solve by using SPF?
> >
> > And SPF record is not for us. It is for others.
> >
> > An SPF record tells other people where our email is [most likely] to
> > be coming from. It helps them to design spam detection techniques.
> > When combined with other information, it helps them to draw a
> > conclusion as to whether or not a given email is spam.
>
> O.k. and is OpenSPF the definitive source for information on it?
I do not know who is the definite source.
> Honestly, the whole thing sounds pretty pointless at least at this
> juncture. I am not bashing the technology but I don't really see a
> reason for it.
Good! Then you'd agree, there's no harm in publishing our SPF
records vis DNS and letting others use it.
--
Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work
my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php
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