From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264191AbUFFWZ3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:25:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264192AbUFFWZ3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:25:29 -0400 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:18119 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264191AbUFFWZ2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jun 2004 18:25:28 -0400 Subject: Re: SPF on kernel.org From: David Woodhouse To: jeremy@rootservices.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4864.68.254.2.84.1086559839.squirrel@webmail.rootservices.net> References: <4864.68.254.2.84.1086559839.squirrel@webmail.rootservices.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:24:30 +0100 Message-Id: <1086560670.29255.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 1.5.8 (1.5.8-3.dwmw2.1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 18:10 -0400, Jeremy D. May wrote: > has SPF records even been thought of for kernel.org? maybe this is the > wrong place to ask? if so, can i get the right place to ask about it. SPF records would need to be on vger.kernel.org not on kernel.org. And yes, this is the wrong place to ask. The right place would be postmaster@vger.kernel.org. But I wouldn't bother -- it's manned by people who have at least a modicum of clue, so I assume they won't do anything as stupid as publishing SPF records. SPF is a fundamentally broken mechanism which breaks valid email. It should not be encouraged even by publishing no-op records ending in '?all'. -- dwmw2