Re: [exim] Exim and SPF

Luca Bertoncello wrote:
> Marc Perkel <marc@???> schrieb:
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>> Is anyone using SPF in Exim? I'm still trying to figure out a use for it.
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> I use SPF, without problem! But I use SRS (Sender Rewrite Scheme), too...
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>> One thing I thought of is a way of determining who is forwarding email.
>> If SPF doesn't match but the email is clearly not spam then the sending
>> host might be forwarding email and might make it on a list of legit
>> forwarders.
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>> Might be a way of detecting spammers who use SPF by the hosts they
>> reference in their SPF record.
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>> I might send out notices to those with too restrictive of SPF that their
>> email might bounce if the recipient uses hosted spam filtering.
>>
>> What are the rest of you doing with SPF?
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> You have to use SRS to rewrite the sender address, before you forward the
> E-Mail!
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> Bye
> Luca Bertoncello
> (lucabert@???)
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>

I'm not going to do SRS. I think SPF is a flawed technology.