I can see the point for worms, but spammers can simply register throw away domains to spam from and set up SPF rules that allow all from that domain. Many spammers already strictly use throwaway domains. I really see the anti-spam war as very much like the anti-virus war, anything and everything we do is designed to fight their current tactics, they evolve as quickly as needed to get the job done, and now that there is some indication that they are working together, it can only get worse.
Thanks, Chuck Frolick ArgoLink.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shiloh Jennings Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [xmail] Re: SPF > The spammers are not stupid, so they don't use @[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc. > anymore and SPF is useless. ;( You are missing the bigger picture. Once everybody is using SPF, the spammers will have a very difficult time trying to forge anybody's email address. This will force spammers out into the open, which will make them even easier to block. The other huge advantage of SPF is in prevention of email worms. The most popular worms use forged from addresses when they send. Those worms will get stopped dead in their tracks by SPF. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
