Re: [spf-help] Re: SPF and SenderID

On Jul 21, 2005, at 7:43 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>
>> I would say there is another option that should be considered.  Not
>> publishing SPF records.  Many recipients are rejecting '~' and '?'  
>> which
>> creates an immediate problem for the sender with forwarding issues  
>> that
>> depend upon this exploited feature.
>
> I'm curious what the basis for this statement is.  Do you have  
> statistics?

No statistics.  I am repeating comments I have heard from  
administrators at the meeting.  When perhaps a fraction of a percent  
of non-abusive domains publish these records, saying 'many' would of  
course be like describing the fleas of a flea.  It was not clear if  
this was the result of some type of reputation response due to abuse  
of the '?', which effectively says 'never mind'.  If you feel this to  
be in error then '?'.  It does follow that I had expected and would  
be a natural response when seeing this as means to prevent the  
exploit of a neutral result.

-Doug