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From: <Valdis(_dot_)Kletnieks(_at_)vt(_dot_)edu>
To: "David MacQuigg" <david_macquigg(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com>
Cc: <ietf-smtp(_at_)imc(_dot_)org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 1:08 AM
Subject: Re: Options for the ID Command
Ever wonder why obvious spam mail has a *higher* rate of valid SPF records
than
non-spam? Because spammers are even more anxious to convince you that
they're
for real than legitimate sites are
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2154
SPF comes out May 2004. Inside 6 months, spammers are using it more than
non-spammers. Even the paranoid in me was surprised - I was expecting it
to be
at least a year.
{Scratching head at tick-infested rate}
What gets me is how is the almighty paranoid, skeptic can believe the words
of just one news rag?
The article was a prime example of what "Harry Frankfurt" writes about in
this top selling book. Google "Harry Frankfurt" or just click here:
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/video/frankfurt/
Absolutely amazing!
Your original premise is just. Developers always need to assume the worst
case in design. But the rest is just plain old... well, Harry explains it
pretty well. <g>
--
Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc.
http://www.santronics.com