Re: MX records and SPF

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Sam Vilain wrote:

> Just found out about SPF yesterday.
>
> I guess my suggestion amounts to assuming an SPF record of;
>
> @ IN TXT "v=spf mx -all"
>
> or
>
> @ IN SPF2 "mx  -all"
>
> And acting according.

I don't know the details of SPF but I am pretty sure your suggestion
can be "translated" to it.


> >Granted, your suggestion would cause no harm in any case. But I am
> >afraid it would be seldom useful and does not worth the effort.

> Maybe not.  However, I think it is a reasonable default SPF record for a
> spam blocker.  It would be nice to reduce the number of outgoing
> challenges if at all possible.

Sure ! I was criticising your *non*-SPF suggestion. Once it is
translated to SPF, it makes much more sense.

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I have been wondering since quite a time about the "best" ways to make
the upcoming SPF and ASK work together. I suspect there is a number
of possibilities. They more or less have the same goal, just
implemented at a different level: provide some identification of the
sender.

Marco & others, what do you think about this ?




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