On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 12:11 -0500, David Brodbeck wrote:
I do *publish* an SPF record for my domain, since that takes minimal
effort and doesn't get into the problem of losing legitimate mail.
--David Woodhouse <dwmw2(_at_)infradead(_dot_)org> wrote:
It does, however, lead to the possibility that other people will lose
_your_ legitimate outgoing mail. Which is why I haven't published an SPF
record either.
You'll note that even aol.com and pobox.com have records which end in
'?all', which is largely equivalent to not publishing a record at all.
Not completely true... If the mail can be "confirmed as authorized" then
there are some benefits there... I think spamassassin gives a slight boost
to the score, for example.
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Greg Connor <gconnor(_at_)nekodojo(_dot_)org>