[Mimedefang] Integrating SPF...

[Kelson]

James Ebright wrote:
> Softfail simply means the ISP does not have a SPF record published (most
> likely) or you could not find one for them or some other temp fail or guess
> type situation... or they have not tested their SPF implementation and have
> the softfail all in their record.... which somewhat defeats the whole purpose
> of even having a SPF record... /sigh.

Are you sure you aren't thinking of neutral (?all) rather than softfail 
(~all)?

Softfail indicates that you're 99% sure you've covered all the bases, 
but you want to leave an exception for cases you've missed.  "Messages 
that are not sent from an approved server should still be accepted but 
may be subjected to greater scrutiny."

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>