Steve Campbell wrote: > If you have the time, could you explain where the problems you mentioned > occurred - were these incoming messages that failed at your server, mail > sent to other than your domains that failed due to the ISP being sent > from,....? I use the word 'failed' as a general term meaning it's not > doing what it's suppose to do. Will you not check incoming SPF records > now, also?
Apparently, an e-mail someone sent from within our network (ie, it had an SPF "pass") was bounced by a broken server because of SPF. That was the final straw. I will continue to check for SPF "fails", because those are occasionally useful to block phishing attempts (but even then, not often, because phishers might use a From: header of [EMAIL PROTECTED], but an envelope from of [EMAIL PROTECTED] which passes SPF.) By the way, I've had to release at least 5 or 6 valid postings to the MIMEDefang list that were held because of an SPF fail. So apparently I'm not the only one who finds it a hassle to set up outgoing mail infrastructure in an SPF-compliant way. Regards, David. _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
