implementing spf

Gary gv-list-freebsdquestions at mygirlfriday.info
Mon Jul 26 21:36:13 PDT 2004


Hi Kevin / Robert,

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:39:59 -0700 (PDT) UTC (7/26/2004, 12:39 PM -0500 UTC
my time), Kevin Stevens and On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Robert Storey wrote in part:

>> Specifically:
>>
>>   1) Is the technology useful?
>>
>>   2) How does one implement spf on the server side?
>>
>>   3) How does one implement spf on the client side?
>>
>> I most interested in No. 3 above - specifically, is there anything that
>> I must do as an end-user to make use of spf?

K> As an end-user, nothing.  http://spf.pobox.com/users.html.  Same site for
K> a general FAQ which addresses implementation (it's done via DNS records).
K> The Slashdot article had a link to the Microsoft implementation; the
K> complaint about it is that they are releasing a free license to implement,
K> which can be revoked at any time.


For the other side of the coin, regarding SPF.. we have.......

<http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/smtp-spf-is-harmful.html>

-- 
Gary




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