[73848] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Spammers Skirt IP Authentication Attempts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom (UnitedLayer))
Mon Sep 6 14:59:25 2004
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:58:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tom (UnitedLayer)" <tom@unitedlayer.com>
To: "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0409061832050.32155-100000@a.mx.ict1.everquick.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Edward B. Dreger wrote:
> Yawn. "If the sender domain isn't forged, the mail isn't spam"
> is incredibly stupid logic.
No Kidding!
> I suppose the next big news article will be that spammers also prefer
> forging domains that lack SPF records. (Will miracles never cease?)
Amazing :)
I think SPF is an important step in getting rid of people pretending to be
someone else. If you have SPF records, and they match the mail, chances
are you are who you say you are. Finding out who you are behind domain
records/etc, thats a different story...
