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- --On Sunday, November 19, 2006 21:53:31 +0100 Peter Eisentraut
<peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> The thing is, 'checking for spam as it comes in' doesn't get rid of,
>> or reduce, the problem ... SPF might not be it either ... but, if (in
>> a perfect world) every mail server forced something like SPF, so that
>> ppl could only send email through a legit mail server (ie.
>> commandprompt.com email through a commandprompt.com mail server,
>> gmx.net mail through a gmx.net mail server, etc) ... would that not
>> reduce the overall spam on the 'Net?
>
> Not really, because of two reasons:
>
> 1) Spammers can just register their own domain and set up SPF records
> for that.
An easy way to block spam ... I'd actually *like* that one ... as would most
blacklists out there ...
> 2) Most spam is sent through zombies, so it passes through the SPF
> system undetected.
Please elaborate on this one ...
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