[Mimedefang] Re: What to do about bounced forgeries?

Kevin A. McGrail kmcgrail at pccc.com
Mon Dec 22 09:46:21 EST 2003


> I think SPF will have to be forced in by decree.  It will take
> something like AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo and Earthlink banding together and
> saying "Starting January 1, 2005, we will not accept mail from domains
> that do not have SPF TXT records."

That would certainly help though I don't see the way that a spammer wouldn't
be able to buy a domain for $6 on a stolen credit card, add SPF and spam the
planet.  Am I missing something?

KAM



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