At 11:56 PM 2/24/2005 +0100, Julian Mehnle wrote:
Guy [pobox(_at_)watkins-home(_dot_)com] wrote:
> I think the point was that many people will be just confused by
> "example.com is not authorized to use address [1.2.3.4]"
A proper SPF fail error message would read:
forger.biz [1.2.3.4] is not allowed to send mail with the domain
"forged.org" in the sender address. Contact
<postmaster(_at_)forged(_dot_)org>.
which is even harder for Grandma to understand than the first message. I
think Guy has raised a valid concern, but I still agree with you that the
solution isn't to ignore the clearly stated meaning of "-all".
I see ignorant but innocent people, like Grandma, having a problem, but no
more than what is starting to happen already with spam filters rejecting
good messages. For the first time in years I feel like I need to call and
confirm receipt of messages.
In this scenario, the lazy domain, 'example.com', will start losing
customers to aol.com. Grandma may not understand the reject message, or
even think to report it to her ISP, but her relatives will surely urge her
to find another ISP.
-- Dave
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