Re: [exim] FW: Exim and SPF

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Author: SonicFog
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] FW: Exim and SPF
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alain Williams [mailto:addw@phcomp.co.uk]
>Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 9:55 AM
>To: Mike Cardwell
>Cc: exim-users@???
>Subject: Re: [exim] FW: Exim and SPF
>
>On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 02:47:24PM +0000, Mike Cardwell wrote:
>
>> > Out of all the SPF records you checked how many of them ended in '+all' meaning that

everything
>> > from anywhere passes the SPF check?
>>
>> Two.
>>
>> Interestingly, more of them end -all than ~all.


It is good to know that more and more domain owners are using the " -all '.

>
>What is the point of +all ? ~all for a fortnight, then -all.


+all is totally useless since it passes every email as authorized for a domain. Domain users
who don't believe in SPF use it just to say they have an SPF record OR they have been advised
incorrectly as to the correct SPF implementation.

Wendy Honeycutt
SonicFog