David wrote:
> Please remember that if that is the case then the owner of the domain X
> has published a SPF record that clearly states that email for domain X
> must only be accepted from authorized servers. The only broken thing
> here is the policy of domain X, domain X could publish a softfail policy
> and mail from domain X will be never rejected, no matter the amount of
> forwarding servers the email has passed through.

    No, the other broken thing is that someone has a single point of
rejection.  As I said before anyone who blindly accepts or fails based solely
on a single data point provided by someone else is, to put it bluntly, an
idiot.  It is in this same way that RBLs are broken and this is nothing more
than a single domain RBL.

-- 
         Steve C. Lamb         | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your
       PGP Key: 8B6E99C5       | main connection to the switchboard of souls.
-------------------------------+---------------------------------------------

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature

-- 
## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users 
## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/
## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/

Reply via email to