[NCLUG] spam help

[Bob Proulx]

Jake Edge wrote:
> Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> >I'd highly recommend you use SPF, it really helps.  I can't remember the
> >last time we had someone forging our address, since we set up SPF records.

I also highly recommend SPF.  It is not a panacea.  But it is a useful
tool in the mail toolbox.

> unfortunately, there are quite a number of technical problems with SPF 
> that render it largely useless, see, for instance:
> 
> http://david.woodhou.se/why-not-spf.html
> http://bradknowles.typepad.com/considered_harmful/2004/05/spf.html

I think we will just have to agree to disagree on this one.

> it would appear that the major users of SPF records are spammers ...

The major users of email are spammers.  I am not willing to stop using
email just because of this.

Bob