From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964802AbWFMXdM (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:33:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964805AbWFMXdL (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:33:11 -0400 Received: from vodka.checkgiant.com ([63.247.91.138]:28836 "EHLO vodka.checkgiant.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964802AbWFMXdJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:33:09 -0400 From: "Scott Lockwood" To: "'Kyle Moffett'" Cc: Subject: RE: VGER does gradual SPF activation (FAQ matter) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:32:54 -0500 Message-ID: <001801c68f41$b3cd24d0$290ee00a@wshq41> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Thread-Index: AcaPPuIOaJu1lPSuT4uu87MbnJxovgAArxkw In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org So get a better ISP than cox.net. -----Original Message----- From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Moffett Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 6:42 AM To: Bernd Petrovitsch Cc: David Schwartz; LKML Kernel; jdow Subject: Re: VGER does gradual SPF activation (FAQ matter) On Jun 12, 2006, at 04:18:06, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > No. SPF simply defines legitimate outgoing MTAs for a given domain. I'm sorry, but the internet just doesn't work that way. I have 3 email accounts (mac.com, vt.edu, and cox.net). Both my college and my house deny all SMTP to anyone but their local servers. If mac.com published an SPF filter and VGER used the SPF filter, I would have no way at all to send mail via this account, simply for the reason that neither of my local ISPs will allow my to directly send email to mac.com. Likewise for my vt.edu account while at home or my cox.net account while at college. IMHO, turning on SPF will not gain anything for the LKML; a bayesian filter based solution would be much more tenable. Cheers, Kyle Moffett - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/