Daniel Quinlan wrote:
Joe Emenaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Although others have already given reasons why, I figured I'd toss in
the analogy to explain why the dude from CypherTrust in the article is
lacking in clue:
The SpamAssassin development team has been aware of SPF pass results for
spam since May (at the very latest). That's right, 4 months ago. And
that's why a SPF pass result in SpamAssassin 3.0 won't give any bonus to
mail.
How come. Unless you give a bonus to SPF pass, then there's no real
incentive for legit domains to use it (until people start rejecting SPF
fails... ). The idea that spammers can pass SPF doesn't bother me at
all, since I know that it will make the blacklists that much more
effective. You just need to make sure that you don't give more of a
bonus for SPF-pass than the penalty for being on a RBL.
- Joe
