| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Dan Langille <dan(at)langille(dot)org> |
| 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 20:52:49 |
| Message-ID: | 1163883169.19591.38.camel@localhost.localdomain |
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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?
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.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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