On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, David Woodhouse wrote:
Not at all. The problem I pointed out is that for SPF to be viable you
need everyone _else_ to implement SRS; even those who are not
participating in SPF and who think it is unwise.
This is FUD and simply not true. SRS is only one possible tool to
help mail receivers deal with their own forwarding, when they have set up
a large and uncontrolled pool of forwarders (an ISP where users
set up forwarders without consulting the mail admin, for example).
It is *not* required, and securing your mail network is always the
preferred solution.
The second statement is patently false. If you don't want to deal
with your forwarding mess, simply don't check SPF, or don't reject on fail.
End of story. You can still publish SPF, SPF still works great for
those who are fully participating.
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