**** I believe that SPF is almost all hype and hardly any value to speak of. ****
I think this is a bit harsh. While SPF is certainly not the answer to all of my prayers, it has some value. **** It was originally intended to authenticate hosts, but spammers quickly caught on and started giving themselves SPF **** This is a good development from my perspective. I give a single point to SPF pass, and I may reduce it to 0. In other words, pass won't help a whole lot in identifying legit email. However, when a spammer is using SPF, this also means that they are using their own mailserver. This makes it easy to block. I wish all spammers used SPF. **** some administrators will claim a modicum of usefulness to having the Unknown records, although I don't see it **** For me unknown is simply "move along, nothing to see here". Not a big help, but no harm either. What you didn't mention is the fail result. I score this fairly highly. I mean if a postmaster tells me there is a problem with a message from their domain, it lets me off the hook if I block it. Paul Navarre --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
