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Re: [Asrg] Microsoft takes over British Telecom

2011-10-21 12:19:36
On 10/21/2011 1:07 PM, Steve Atkins wrote:
The bigger issue is that you shouldn't care about SPF failing. An SPF pass
provides somewhat useful data, an SPF fail means absolutely nothing.

That is not ENTIRELY true. Under the proper circumstances, an SPF failure should indicate that NDRs should not be sent to the purported 'Reply-To' or 'Return-Path' addresses.

But, yes, in an "is this spam or not" sense, SPF fail means nothing.

-- D
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