[Mimedefang] OT but interesting hopefully - Spammers embrace email authentication

[-ray]

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Richard Cooper wrote:

> "More spam than legitimate email is currently sent using Sender Policy
> Framework, a recently introduced email authentication protocol.
> According to CipherTrust’s research, 34 per cent more spam is passing
> SPF checks than legitimate email because spammers are actively
> registering their SPF records."

But we've said before, then SPF will NOT stop SPAM.  It will help prevent 
email forgery though.

ray
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IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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