[Asrg] where the message originated (was: DKIM role?) (SM)

Ian Eiloart iane at sussex.ac.uk
Tue Jan 20 07:39:55 PST 2009



--On 20 January 2009 10:23:32 -0500 der Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> 
wrote:

>> Don't hold your breath.  SPF is dead --
>
> Interesting you should say that.  Just yesterday I had to diagnose a
> mail bounce for someone; it proved to be a sender who advertised SPF
> with -all sending mail thorugh an alias expansion on my mailserver.
> (The really discouraging part is, what did the sending domain's admin
> do?  Drop SPF?  No; he added my machines to his SPF record!)

With a "~" or "?" I hope. That's reasonable given that he'd got notice from 
a contactable administrator.


-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
x3148


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