----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Clausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > My feeling is that MS > > > > > trying to push Sender ID through is just an example of closing the > > barn > > > > door > > > > > after the cows have come home. > > > > > > > > A lot of people have fallen victim to this same misguided belief in > the > > > > past, and history has proven otherwise. In this instance, we shall > > see... > > > > > > We through postgrey on to our Postfix box and saw spam and viruses drop > by > > > 75%. If some of the big guys would close of port 25 to all but their > MTAs > > I > > > suspect you would see a similar effect. Perhaps that would mean that > the > > > hackers would step up attempts to root hack MTAs, but that should be > > > substantially easier to deal with than 10 million people with > compromised > > > Windows boxes. > > > > Wow, nice digression there...! We run postgrey on our Postfix gateways, > as > > well. But what does this have to do with your Microsoft SenderID > comments? > > I never said SPF was the total solution, or even 50% of the solution. I > think to get the upper hand is going to require a combination of things; > greylisting, SPF, port 25 blocking, etc. There's no single magic bullet, > but a combination of things has shown to be quite effective. Oh, okay, now I understand (NOT) - guess I must have missed my invitation to the party... Bill To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
