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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:19:17 +1000
From: Edwin Groothuis To: Jessica Smith Cc: aussie-isp, aussie-isp Message-Id: <20060419011917.GB1102@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <1145408711.9659.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1145343275.5563.15.camel@localhost.localdomain> <003701c662cf$4f91b7e0$2522630a@t22> <20060418224557.GA12751@taz.net.au> <1145408711.9659.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] SPF Records |
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On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 11:05:10AM +1000, Jessica Smith wrote: > So - at least for most people - SPF is all about the spam. Maybe that's > not What Was Intended Originally", but it's What's Happening Now. That's because most people don't understand how spam, or phishing, or email virus social interaction, or email in general, works. They have two kinds of emails: good emails, and spam. Even if they're being asked to login to the Northern Pole Banks website to check their account details, or asked to "check out this cool screen saver LOL!", that's spam for them. While the first one is phishing, the second one is a virus and the one not mentioned is the good old spam. All of them are forged emails. And they will not understand it until their email address is being used as a forged-email-from address and they receive the bounces, and will forget it the next day. > The consistent message in media coverage is SPF = less spam, and looking > around even the more tech-oriented sites push the link between SPF and > fighting spam. Forged email addresses. Most of us (not here us, but in the online world us) call it spam. Us (here us) nitpickers call it forged email. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org e d w i n @ m a v e t j u . o r g | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/ ---- email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to m a j o r d o m o @ a u s s i e . n e t to be removed. |
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