Re: misconception in SPF

Dave Crocker <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.asrg
Organization Brandenburg InternetWorking
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 12/10/2012 6:22 AM, Dotzero wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Christian Grunfeld
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> At my institution I have told my users to check mail headers whenever
>> possible.
>
> Not a very scalable solution for the community at large even if it
> were a good use of their time.

It is much worse than merely being not scalable.  It doesn't work at 
all, for anyone.  Absent diligent and continuing training, human 
attention-related behavior decays rapidly, to a steady state that is, at 
best, highly erratic.  Expecting /anyone/ to be attentive in the way 
described above is not realistic.  Ever.  For anyone.  No matter their 
skill level.


> Is manually checking email headers a very good use of their time?

Right.  This highlights that even if people could be expected to perform 
the task properly and always, it would be more expensive than it is worth.

d/

-- 
  Dave Crocker
  Brandenburg InternetWorking
  bbiw.net
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