From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750848AbWFLISM (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:18:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750843AbWFLISM (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:18:12 -0400 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:6302 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750700AbWFLISL (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:18:11 -0400 Subject: Re: VGER does gradual SPF activation (FAQ matter) From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: jdow Cc: davids@webmaster.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <193701c68d16$54cac690$0225a8c0@Wednesday> References: <193701c68d16$54cac690$0225a8c0@Wednesday> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:18:06 +0200 Message-Id: <1150100286.26402.13.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-4.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.331 () AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 22:17 -0700, jdow wrote: [...] > that matter. It simply says, "When I went and looked at the guy's claimed > mail source the spf record said he was who he said he was." Who vouches No. SPF simply defines legitimate outgoing MTAs for a given domain. Within a domain, it is up to the postmaster to allow/disallow address forgery and for the rest of a world (to tell where legitimate email of his domain comes from), the postmaster defines SPF records. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services