Re: SPF deployment, was RFC 3929 on Alternative Decision ...

John Levine <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.mxcomp
Organization I.E.C.C., Trumansburg NY USA
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> and how spammers are adapting/ Ciphertrust says they've seen more
>> spam than good mail pass SPF checks.

>   I hope you're not implying that that's a bad thing.

No, of course not.  But it reminds us that anyone who thinks he's
going to block a lot of spam merely by rejecting mail that fails SPF
or any other sender/IP check is likely to be disappointed.  It may
block some now, but spammers have reminded us that they'll adapt.






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