Re: [dnswl-users] Testing SPF on DNSWL domains

[Alessandro Vesely <vesely@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon 27/Aug/2012 21:57:31 +0200 mouss wrote:
> Le 22/06/2012 09:44, Alessandro Vesely a écrit :
>
>> [...] reject-on-fail can be done in some unusual cases only.  I'm
>> not clear whether newcomers still (have to) test it.
>>
>> I changed the bottom sentence of that report to:
>>
>>   A mail admin must whitelist all the domains who legitimately
>>   forward mail to her site, 
> 
> No. there is no "must" here. No group, dnswl or whatever,  can define
> site policies.  maybe you meant "should"?

Err... I was talking about SPF usage within subscribers of this
whitelist.  The text mentioned above is not part an IETF standard, but
just a snippet at http://www.tana.it/sw/spftest/#conclusions

Anyway, coordinating site policies according to some agreed upon
definition, IMHO, is something that any group, dnswl, or whatever
could do if they wanted to.  I don't think it's much easier or harder
than organizing other human activities.

>> but there is no well-established method to learn and maintain
>> such a domain list.
> 
> and would that stop spam? you know it won't.

SPF won't stop spam, but used wisely could bring some relief without
disrupting email.

--