[ILUG] Reminder: Please Respond to S.'s Invitation

[Niall O Broin]

On 13 Jan 2009, at 15:32, Steven Kavanagh wrote:

> I think you'd want to revise that opinion a little.

To what did you refer?

>>> Use of SPF records isn't really widespread enough to have good  
>>> spoof detection

Yes, that's an opinion, but would be widely held. Use of SPF just  
isn't that widespread.

>>> There's nothing tricky about "faking" a from: field;

This isn't an opinion - it's a fact.

>>>  there is simply no authentication built into SMTP.

Ditto

> The big players like Eircom, the Imagine group and Irish Broadband  
> have already put these
> practises in place already to reduce spam levels.

I wouldn't take the practices of these parties as an indication of  
what is best practice by any means.


Niall