Re: Sender ID Framework SPF Record Wizard

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In news:e5CVjs4eFHA.1136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Phil <hostsafe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated, and I replied below:

There have been some suggestions to combat spam, such
as SPF. Microsoft had one similar to SP called SenderID


Phil > I'm once more confused.  I assumed Sender ID and SPF
Phil>  were one and the same technology.

Andrew> There is that option XML component. I don't think
Andrew> many will jump to use that  quite yet, but that's a
Andrew> possibility.


Who is Andrew??


"That option XML component"?! Huh? 

OPTIONAL XML COMPONENT (typo).



So would you strike at AOL as well as
Microsoft for adopting SPF?


If AOL required mail servers to do something special, and then AOL
failed to provide clear, detailed, simple instructions and tutorials
on what is required, then "yes" I would "strike" at AOL.  I would
love to make every large ISP's job easier IF they would only make it
easy for me to comply with what they are asking.  That's all that I'm
asking.


I don't know what you are using at this time
to prevent spam at the MTA


I don't know what an MTA is.  But regardless, I don't do anything
except keep an IP blacklist containg mostly Asian IP addresses.


If you read my previous post, I stated in context:
"...certificate for their MTAs (SMTP servers) to authenticate their mail..."


Phil

It may be beneficial to you and to all of us involved if you read up more in-depth about SPF at pobox.com to gain a better understanding of it instead of complaining about it. It's new technology, a new method, in the light of current spam problems, so all I can say is embrace it, it'll probably eventually be defacto.

Curious, did you have complaints about upgrading to Window 2000 or 2003 when it came out?

Ace 

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