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From: owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of Mark
Shewmaker
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:39 AM
To: spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [spf-discuss] Need to promote process changes
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 05:21, Chris Haynes wrote:
1. I do virus checks on incoming mails, but I also do those very
same virus checks on *outgoing* mails. After all, why should
I let my MTA send emails that I wouldn't let that same MTA accept?
What about the spf case? Do any of the spf tools/milters let
you do spf checks on outgoing mails as well, so you can set up
your MTA so it refuses to send mails that would fail spf checks?
Good idea!
(This wouldn't catch all transient problems due to propagating DNS
changes, but at least for a good many problems, users and thus
sysadmins would get pretty quick notice of problems.)
Yes, this sounds like a silly sort of test to do, but it would
immediately catch a lot of organizational snafus that can occur
in the real world.
Its only silly if you can always trust your users. I look forward to having
such a userbase,
meanwhile, trust noone.
Terry Fielder
Manager Software Development and Deployment
Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes
terry(_at_)greatgulfhomes(_dot_)com
Fax: (416) 441-9085