On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 12:06:13PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 10:40 +0100, Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote:
Here you say it again. SPF does NOT say "no forwarding".
SPF _does_ say: "No spoofing my name".
You're arguing over nomenclature, which is pointless.
That is your opinion. For me, the difference is quite relevant.
Alex, you're right then SPF advocates do indeed phrase it as "No
spoofing my name". But John is also right because what they _mean_ by
that is "no forwarding", since normal forwarding does involve, and
always has involved, the behaviour which SPF advocates now want to call
"spoofing".
If you know what "SPF advocates" mean to say, why do most (if not
all) disagree with your opinion?
Could it be that you are spreading your opinion, disguised as theirs?
I think that the SPF community is well aware of the fact that there
is a number of people using a way of forwarding that will become
impossible in the future (if and when SPF is deployed). I don't
think all of them consider this way of forwarding "normal". Perhaps
most of them agree on this method being "in use", but that doesn't
mean it is THE right way.
There are alternatives. You just don't want to accept them because
YOU think they are unnecessary alternatives. Newsflash: Others
have opinions to and they may not agree with yours.
Alex