OT: SPF query and a new spin on an old thread (Exchange/Notes)

[[ISO-8859-1] David Höhn]

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Pentland G. wrote:
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| I was wondering about SPF, I think I'm going to have to build support
| for it anyway but do any of you use it?  How well does it work?
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To use SPF as a basis for accepting or rejecting mail would be fatal. It
simply does not work. It would if everyone had valid SPF records and if
the system itself was flawless (which it is not in my humble opinion).
You can use SPF to weigh in on the score (I do that for example).

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