On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 06:06:33PM +0100, Hannah Schroeter wrote:
The issue is to eliminate as much SPAM and PHISHING as possible and this
WILL require some radical steps to implement. If that means forcing people
to upgrade software - which it WILL - then so be it!
SPF isn't intended to eliminate spam, as many here explicitly stated.
It's only there to reduce *envelope* sender forgeries. So phishing
(no need to shout btw) isn't prevented either, as usual MUAs only
display header from (2822, not 2821), a few other headers (usually *not*
Return-Path) and the body of the mail.
True, but I think this is not the complete truth.
Reducing (eliminating?) envelope sender forgeries is a necessary first
step to stop other fraud, such as phishing and spam.
cheers,
Alex
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