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[Asrg] Re: Disaster looming: SPF

2004-12-09 15:55:37
Devdas Bhagat wrote:

What about using multiple .forwards or equivalent?

Forwarding is something the receiver does.  Sender policies are
something the senders publish.  Senders don't know and don't
care what a receiver does, it's his problem.  Senders only say:

"These are the IPs you as 3rd party see in MAIL FROM me to you
 at your MX, any other mail claiming to be MAIL FROM me at your
 MX is forged, don't bother to accept it, please reject it."

Why's that so difficult to understand ?  Senders have no idea
how a receiver forwards mail behind his MX, it's none of their
business.  The receiver is free to do whatever he likes.  And
if his mail setup is broken he owns the pieces.

Or people using the bounce feature in mutt?

Is that the stuff where I get mail claiming to be MAIL FROM me,
but in fact it's from somebody else ?  I'd report it to abuse@
for the corresponding IP, it's forged.  But actually it should
never arrive if publishers of -all policies also check SPF on
their own MX.
                Bye, Frank



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