It would solve their problem of spoofing - but ONLY for emails servers that were set up to be SPF aware. Adding the records is easy - but email servers have to honor the record.
-----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 6:15 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: OT: How do "Phishermen" send an email from a legitimate domain? I can partially understand why *I* don't use SPF...actually I do, but it's obviously not set up perfectly...what I don't understand is why PayPal wouldn't have it set up and *perfectly* with the resources they have. Would this solve their problem of spoofing? Rick -----Original Message----- From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 10:50 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: OT: How do "Phishermen" send an email from a legitimate domain? Well, if everyone used SPF records (http://new.openspf.org/Introduction), the whole situation might be better, but they don't. On 7/1/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's pretty amazing that it can be done. I never realized that. > Does dealing with (stopping) this sort of thing depend on the IP > rather than the domain name? And can't the domain name simply be > related to an IP? > > I *assume* that if PayPal can't stop it, I can't either and will just > have to live with it. > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 11:30 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: OT: How do "Phishermen" send an email from a legitimate domain? > > That should be "enforce" of course > > On 7/1/06, James Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mail servers don't *enfore* the from address. -- CFAJAX docs and other useful articles: http://jr-holmes.coldfusionjournal.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:245258 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
