> On 24 Jan 2020, at 11:24, Johann Klasek via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:59:53AM +0000, Gregory Heytings via mailop wrote: > [..] >> That's your opinion. My opinion is that "-all" is almost never a good >> idea, and is certainly not a good idea for a small personal server. It >> breaks forwards and mailing lists. "?all" does not mean "we're not sure >> what we're doing yet" (that would be "+all"), it means "if none of the >> previous policy rules matched, do not interpret this negatively". I >> agree that "~all" is sometimes better, but again it tends to break >> forwards and mailing lists. > > The worst is using +all in any case just to try to prevent forwarding and > mainlinglist troubles. In such case it would be better not to use SPF at > all.
Using +all is actually a giant, negative reputation hit according to various folks I’ve talked to about filters. Using +all says “every IP is valid” and this was (dunno about still is but definitely was) used by spammers so they could have SPF validate bot spam. laura -- Having an Email Crisis? We can help! 800 823-9674 Laura Atkins Word to the Wise la...@wordtothewise.com (650) 437-0741 Email Delivery Blog: https://wordtothewise.com/blog
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