[Asrg] SPF and other bad ideas

[Ian Eiloart]

--On 20 January 2009 08:49:46 -0500 Dotzero <dotzero at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Ian Eiloart <iane at sussex.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>> --On 19 January 2009 15:48:20 -0500 Dotzero <dotzero at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> If an enduser wants the flexibility to send from Kiosks or through
>>> other MTAs and their company or mail provider allows this by policy
>>> then the use of strong SPF assertions is likely inappropriate. My
>>> response to you is the old saw about the person who goes tot he doctor
>>> about a pain.... "Doctor, it hurts when I do that" ...... and the
>>> Doctor says..... "Don't do that".
>>
>> In any case, you can use ~all. All I want to do is be able to whitelist
>> email that's being sent by the usual methods from trusted sources.
>> There's no reason that a Kiosk shouldn't be set up to use a webmail
>> client.
>>
>
> Of course there are reasons Ian. Read what I wrote.

Sorry, I mis-read it. I guess we agree on this.

>  If your
> organizations policy prohibits the use of kiosks in conjunction with
> the account they provide you with, that would seem to be a pretty good
> reason to me. Another good reason might be that shared computers
> (including kiosks) have quite the track record of being compromised by
> folks with ill intent.
>
> The fact that you can find some cases where some people choose to use
> a kiosk does not change the fact that a persons use of an email
> account is subject to the terms and conditions of use set by the owner
> of the domain providing the account. If it's your domain or the
> provider of your account says you cand o whatever youw ant then knock
> your socks off.
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Ian Eiloart
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