Re: [exim] Heads up?

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Author: Marilyn Davis
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To: Marc Sherman
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Heads up?
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Marc Sherman wrote:

> Fred Viles wrote:
> >
> > That's a good place to learn how it is supposed to work, but it's
> > certainly not the place to learn why it will never fly. Search the
> > archives here for SPF, this ground is well-trodden.
> >
> > I think David Woodhouse has a web page somewhere with a good
> > explanation, but don't have a link handy (I may be misremembering who
> > posted it...)
>
> I was just about to suggest the same thing. In fact, I'm kind of
> surprised David hasn't piped up yet -- he's usually pretty quick to
> reply whenever someone suggests that SPF might be a good idea. I guess
> he's on vacation this week. :)
>
> Here's the page you're looking for:
> http://david.woodhou.se/why-not-spf.html


Thank you! Ok, I'm finished with spf.

I have one more question, if anyone still has the patience to answer me.

If the challenge to a spoofed message is sent at SMTP time in the
acl_smtp_data, doesn't the challenge go to the spoofer and not become
collateral spam?

Marilyn

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