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Re: SPF is not usable as legal measure against spammers.

2004-07-15 09:05:06
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 05:38:21AM +0300, Andriy G. Tereshchenko wrote:
| gmail.com       text = "v=spf1 a:mproxy.gmail.com a:rproxy.gmail.com -all"
| 
| Results? SPF requires me to use gmail.com web-mail interface not only for
| incoming mails, but for outgoing also.
| No way for legit user to send mail with "From: myname(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com" 
using local
| ISP smtp server.
| But this is legal forgery currently.
| 
| Even more ads, even more profits for GMail.
| 
| Who is happy? Me or Gmail?

If you are unhappy with the tradeoffs implicit in the GMail
arrangement, perhaps you could ask them for a refund.

Alternatively, you could go into competition with them by
offering the same service but with fewer restrictions and no
advertising.


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