IP address reputation, BorderWare

[Scott Silva]

am.lists spake the following on 3/23/2007 3:55 AM:
> On 3/22/07, Kevin Miller <Kevin_Miller at ci.juneau.ak.us> wrote:
>> Scott Silva wrote:
>> > Yes ... like SPF but without all the people who have ~all in their
>> > records!
>>
>> I've never understood that.  Mine are all hard fails.  Soft fails are
>> for people that are soft in the head, me thinks.
>>
> 
> The problem with hard fails is the following scenario:
> 
> You are on a website that has a "send to a friend" -- and it imitates
> your from address  so that your "friend" recognizes the mail from you.
> 
> I'm not sure I like it this way, but in some circumstances, on poorly
> designed sites, a -all would kill this message.
> 
> Angelo
That is why if I want to send something to a friend, I cut and paste the link.
Why give some third party an address that they might sell to a spammer?
Or use to spam themselves.

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