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Re: implementation question

2004-01-15 11:45:39

On Jan 15, 2004, at 1:41 PM, Greg Connor wrote:I wouldn't want to make it a BIG bonus, or we might see spammer domains putting ?all everywhere just to get the boost (or worse, seeking out everyone who has ?all already and forging them)

The REAL benefit of an SPF record comes when your mail passes the check rather than being unknown (such as mail from your actual MX). This is the real goal: to give a boost to verified non-forged mail. If there is a bonus for "spf published, but result was unknown" it will definitely be smaller.


Why reward nebulous answers at all? Going to the effort of saying 'maybe' seems to warrant an SA score of 0 to me.


// George Schlossnagle
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