On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 04:36:42PM +0100, Peter Baumann wrote: > Kurt A. Schumacher wrote: > > >Full support from our side (once more) - don't hesitate - this is the way > >to go! Go my friends - but don't forget to document it > >properly first. There is NO reason using a different SMTP server then the > >ISP for outgoing mails for this type of connection. Anyone > >who is really enforced to use a dedicated SMTP server must use a VPN or > >ssh tunnel anyway. So it is - just like certain hard-wired > >proxies in place at certain service providers - not a limitation of the > >"free" connection.
[...] > What do you think about this system here? > http://spf.pobox.com/ SPF is good for documenting where in your network email is expected to come from, but if a domestic ISP expects its users never to send email except through their own mail relay then why should it not just block port 25 out anyway? AOL does that too. So SPF while useful, is not really for the same purposes as blocking port 25 out, IMHO. ---------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/
