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Re: Some thoughts about spam and SPF

2004-08-18 12:00:56
On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 10:41:23AM -0700, Jonathan Gardner wrote:
In the end, you will be filtering irresponsible companies' mail, checking 
for the latest worm, but you won't be filtering responsible companies' mail 
because they won't have a history of sending out worms. The sender pays by 
either cleaning up their network or by losing the occasional authentic 
email to filters. That's the practical aspect.

But the responsible company is not invincible, and at some point might
contract a virus. Then it will go right through your defenses because
you decided to thrust this company a 100%.

Koen

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