Re: CSV BATV (CLEAR) DK IIM (MASS)

On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 16:29, Douglas Otis wrote:

Clarification of a clarification...

> The word validation with respect to SPF is a bit vague.  A more accurate
> term would be authorization.  The lack of assurance of intervening nodes
> making a consistent check or their security removes assurances as to the
> originating sender.  It would be better said that SPF validates the
> authorizations provided by the [purported] originating sender.  Although
> authorization may be sufficient to assert favorable accreditations,
> authentication is required to hold a domain accountable for abuse.

-Doug