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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:13:13 -0700 David MacQuigg
<david_macquigg(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com> wrote:
At 10:31 PM 6/29/2005 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
I don't see what you are calling FUD. Please clarify.
Let's be careful not to over-sell SPF as anything more than a piece
of
the
solution. Without a domain-rating system coupled in, the best you
can
do
is PASS a few well-known domains that authenticate, and maybe FAIL an
even
smaller number where the record says -all. The vast majority will be
"unknown" domains, and whether they authenticate or not, might even
correlate the wrong way with probability of spam. i.e. spammers may
be
*more* likely to authenticate their dime-a-dozen names if nobody is
checking reputation.
That amounts to SPF is useless without reputation. FUD.
That's not what I meant, and if you include the immediately prior context,
you will see that.
I guess it's time for me to move on. I wish you well. I hope SPF
succeeds.
If that's not what you meant, fine. Even in context it read to me like the
standard FUD tactic of complaining something is useless because it won't do
something it wasn't designed to do. I guess I was mistaken.
I do hope you don't move on.
Scott K