[Asrg] mail security

[Ian Eiloart]

--On 23 January 2009 20:02:10 +0100 Alessandro Vesely <vesely at tana.it> 
wrote:

>  We then have a quite different situation from what raw SPF processing
>>>> would indicate. Thus I claim the rules deserve to be relaxed (without
>>>> going into detail how).
>>
>>    The point I was attempting to make is that SPF records _can_
>>    accurately reflect sender policy, while SPF processing will
>> incorrectly indicate a violation of it.
>
> That's quite correct. I say "quite" because SPF provides for various
> levels of results, without mandating any particular behavior. However,
> the quickest behavior, reject on fail, does not allow to examine the
> message headers.

Beware of the word "quite". It can mean "totally" or "partly", depending on 
context. For example, the term "quite correct" means "absolutely correct", 
but the term "quite good" could mean "good, but not very good"! The OED 
thinks that the "partly" meaning is rare in North America, though.

-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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