From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964794AbWFMXKR (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:10:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964796AbWFMXKQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:10:16 -0400 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.174]:27365 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964794AbWFMXKP (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:10:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1150100286.26402.13.camel@tara.firmix.at> References: <193701c68d16$54cac690$0225a8c0@Wednesday> <1150100286.26402.13.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Cc: David Schwartz , LKML Kernel , jdow Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: VGER does gradual SPF activation (FAQ matter) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:42:06 -0400 To: Bernd Petrovitsch X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Jun 12, 2006, at 04:18:06, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > No. SPF simply defines legitimate outgoing MTAs for a given domain. I'm sorry, but the internet just doesn't work that way. I have 3 email accounts (mac.com, vt.edu, and cox.net). Both my college and my house deny all SMTP to anyone but their local servers. If mac.com published an SPF filter and VGER used the SPF filter, I would have no way at all to send mail via this account, simply for the reason that neither of my local ISPs will allow my to directly send email to mac.com. Likewise for my vt.edu account while at home or my cox.net account while at college. IMHO, turning on SPF will not gain anything for the LKML; a bayesian filter based solution would be much more tenable. Cheers, Kyle Moffett