Re: [spf-discuss] Re: advice wrong, or is it?

yeah, I know that it is the spoofers who are doing the most damage to 
our email health, but they are a big number...  they'll register a 
domain a day, publish an SPF record, and tomorrow, do it all over again....
Julian Mehnle wrote:
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> David Woodhouse wrote:
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> > This is how SMTP has worked since the early 1980s, and still works
> > today. If you choose to believe that by continuing to be compatible
> > with how email has worked for over two decades I am 'doing the damage',
> > then so be it.
> >     
> No, the actual damage is being inflicted by those who spoof others' e-mail 
> addresses with malicious intent (spammers, malware, etc.).  However, 
> innocent bystanders insisting that all this legacy "functionality" of 
> SMTP be retained forever is now causing those innocent bystanders to 
> become part of the problem.
>   
> > If you use -all, there are situations in which your mail will be thrown
> > away. If you reject for failure, there are situations in which you will
> > be throwing away genuine mail, forwarded through normal, SMTP-compatible
> > systems.
> >     
> Right.  However the magnitude of this (1) isn't a significant problem for 
> many people and (2) is outweighed by the benefit (no more misdirected 
> bounces, etc.) almost all the time.
> This will have been my last comment on this topic for at least another 
> half a year.  This horse has been beaten to death too many times already. 
> *sigh*
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