Re: SPF and "techie" broadband ISPs

Michael R. Brumm wrote:

> > If I understand this (and I may not) Speakeasy's [ed: speakeasy.net's] SPF
> > record isn't in any way preventing Billy Bob from running his MX for
> > BillyBobsCrib.net [ed: within Speakeasy's IP address range]. The only thing
> > it prevents him from doing is directly originating mail from speakeasy.net
> > (without going through Speakeasy's POP, IMAP or shell server).
>
> > Does the above sound somewhat correct?
>
> Yes.
I've spent the last few hours learning about SPF mostly by reading the 
archive.  It seems to me that the above senario is often not understood 
many geeks, freaks and other possible adopters.