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List:       inet-access
Subject:    Re: 1st one - 550 5.7.1 Mail refused (SPF))
From:       Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl () beer ! org>
Date:       2006-11-23 16:42:45
Message-ID: D92604EB-AF94-41FB-B569-1F9469794F8A () beer ! org
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On 23-Nov-06, at 8:50 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> I'd say it's more for preventing and defending yourself against a  
> joe-job. Blocking an unauthorized mail server is what it's supposed  
> to do, and your friend's secondary was not in the SPF record, so it  
> worked perfectly. What else does SPF get used for?

That was my point.  It worked in the isolated case where some mail  
server purporting to be one of mine, was sending mail as me... That's  
terrific.  Joe jobs are relatively uncommon.
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