On 19 Oct 2003, John Hasler wrote: > Paul E Condon writes: > > It has been claimed that one person's spam is another person's ham. To > > what extent is this actually true? Or is this just obfuscation by the > > advocates of spam? > > Almost all spam has forged headers. The domains are real and valid but are > being used without the knowledge or permission of the owners (this is > clearly illegal but the authorities refuse to act). There is no reason > such mail should be delivered. Implementing Sender Permitted From > <http://spf.pobox.com/> would put a stop to this. > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI > > > -- I've realized recently that I'm inadvertently sending out lots of spam. I'd obviously wish to prevent this but how? I've been to the site you recommend but I find the information there too complex for me to be sure how to do it; it seems to be aimed at sysadmins of large sites and is well above the head of a single user like me. I downloaded a small perl script (Mail-SPF-Query-1.6) but I'm not clear how to use it. A simple guide for the uninitiated would be useful.
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