That's right on the money, Andy. I agree 100%.
Andrew 8) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Schmidt > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] SPF - Missing the Point > > >> still unacceptable and reason enough for me to discard SPF > >> completely. << > > I think the discusson is missing the key point of SPF. Sure, > this list is focused on INCOMING spam, and thus we > restricting our discussions to SPFFAIL/SPFPASS and how to use > it in Declude. > > However, that ignores what SPF is designed to do: > > How many times have we received angry emails or hundreds of > bounce messages from other ISPs because some Spammer was > sending mail with a fake email sender - using OUR domain names? > > If you define SPF for your own (and client) domain names, > then the largest ISPs won't accept the spam that has your > email address faked, thus you and your clients will no longer > be bombarded with responses/complaints/bounces to messages > you never sent in the first place. > > The effect of having SPF defined is, that FEWER spammers even > bother trying to abuse YOUR domain name, because they know > that a lot of their spam would never reach anyone. Instead, > they now use their own domain names and even set up SPF for > those. To me - that ripple effect alone justifies SPF! > > Thus, without question, SPF should be in place for all > domains you control. > Specially for alias/vanity/web-only domains that never send any email. > Ideally, in addition, set up SMTP AUTH for your clients so > that you can use SPFFAIL for incoming mail and, if you > choose, ignore SPFPASS for now. > > Best Regards > Andy Schmidt > > Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) > Fax: +1 201 934-9206 > > --- > 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. > --- 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.
