On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, David Brodbeck wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:14:14 -0700, Jonathan Gardner wrote
Everyone, eventually, will have to publish positive assertions. The
'?' and '~' covered servers will be the last resort for spam.
So if you have a shared MTA, and so can't publish +, does this mean SPF isn't
for you and you're better off not publishing at all? I'm starting to wonder.
It seems like we're heading towards SPF being the exclusive province of
bigger players who don't go through a shared MTA.
No, it means the shared MTA needs to do some authentication before you
can publish + for it.
BTW, you don't have to be a "big player" to run an MTA. Ditching Windoze
is the first step to a whole new world of freedom. I did that back
in 1996 for my home computer, and have never looked back. In theory, there
could be a home user oriented MTA for Windows also.
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