> On 10 Sep 2015, at 12:45, Robert Mueller <r...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> >> Ok, just to confirm, does this mean you don't recommend or recognise SRS >> rewritten MAIL FROM addresses as special in any way? >> >> Does anyone understand SRS? I thought it was pretty much a dead end. > > IMHO everything about SPF and SRS borders on somewhere between pointless and > craziness. Is there any evidence it's been useful in any way to help stop or > identify spam?
The main benefit it to permit whitelisting of trusted domains. For example, I’d be quite happy to whitelist any *.ac.uk domain for email that (a) gets an SPF pass, and (b) has no attachments, and (c) some other stuff. -- Ian Eiloart Postmaster, University of Sussex +44 (0) 1273 87-3148 _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org http://chilli.nosignal.org/mailman/listinfo/mailop
