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Re: SPF HELO checking

2004-12-10 09:26:20
Hi !!

The HELO domain should be checked if the return-path is empty.

In most cases the HELO domain is different to the return-path domain, so a
different SPF record is used.

in most cases real servers use a hostname in the helo as required
by rfc, the problem is that many viruses try to use a (forged) domain
name in the helo. All those viruses could be stopped by just a single
dns lookup, but the problem is that the spf record for the domain
holds the spf policy for the domain, not for the helo.

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