[Mimedefang] OT but interesting hopefully - Spammers embrace email authentication
-ray
ray at ops.selu.edu
Fri Sep 3 11:52:01 EDT 2004
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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