Re: SPF in MTAs

rgreene(_at_)tclme(_dot_)org (rgreene(_at_)tclme(_dot_)org) wrote:

> Am I wrong in thinking that qmail can be left alone by simply adding a
> mechanism to be employed in the same manner as rblsmtp is now?
rblsmtpd can reject the message based on the connection's IP address,
before the SMTP conversation (qmail-smtpd) begins.  SPF can't do that;
it has to wait for the "EHLO" (or "HELO") and the "MAIL FROM:".  So
it would have to be a patch/replacement for qmail-smtpd, much like
SMTP AUTH is.

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