Re: VGER does gradual SPF activation (FAQ matter)

Bernd Petrovitsch
2006-06-12T08:31:49Z

On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 01:23 -0700, jdow wrote:
[...]
> And just recently we received a spate of spam that came from a domain
> that disappeared almost immediately. Domain names are cheap. They can
> vouch for the spam run. Then what happens to them doesn't matter. But
> the SPF record passes.

Of course this is one way around it (and there are certainly others).
But it (may) save "my" domains from false complaints and bounced emails
just because some spammer sends email "From: xxx@mydomain".
Yes, SPF does not avoid spam in general (and BTW nobody on openspf.org
claims that).
And yes, we all want such a thing, but AFAICS there won't be such a
thing (except making email - at least - as expensive as snail mail).

Bernd
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