> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Bart Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> On 5/13/07, Gregory P. Ennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > SPF seems very interesting.  Does spamAssassin automatically use an
> SPF
> > record if it exists?
> 
> There's a plugin.
> 
> > Do I set up an SPF record with whoever manages my MX DNS record?
> 
> Yes.  It's a TXT record.  Some DNS hosting companies will set it up
> for you, some will give you the ability to create a TXT record through
> their management intraface (but you have to figure out what to put in
> the record yourself), and some don't support TXT records at all.
> 
> Note that SPF is not a magic bullet.  It's not yet that widely
> adopted, and any MTA that's doing accept-and-bounce for unknown
> addresses is probably not checking SPF either.

Bart, you're right here, but if I was a spammer, I would avoid using
SPF/SenderID-protected e-mail addresses in my From: headers, since it would
reduce the choices of my message reaching dest.

Don't you agree?

Giampaolo


> You probably also want to look at SenderID.  Wikipedia has a reasonable
> summary.

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