On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 10:18:22AM -0800, Kelson Vibber wrote:
> At 10:05 AM 3/10/2004, Mark C. Langston wrote:
> >SA rulesets don't break anything.  SPF does.
> 
> So false positives from spam filtering don't constitute breakage?
> 


False positives don't drop mail before "DATA [..] ." is ever sent.
False positives don't prohibit several popular methods of using email.
False positives don't require major changes to the way servers are
configured, and clients are deployed, enterprise-wide.

I'm all for a tool that stops joe-jobs, but a poor solution is worse
than no solution.  When SPF solves the problems it admits it creates
without resorting to, "we broke it; you fix it" tactics, I'll supoort it
one hundred percent.  I'll be its most vocal proponent.  

As SPF today, the best fix they can come up with is a reimplementation
of what amounts to bangpathing.  It (SRS) smacks of kludge.

 
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Mark C. Langston                                    Sr. Unix SysAdmin
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