Toby DiPasquale on 6 Oct 2007 00:28:29 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] spam traps and solutions


On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 11:59:06AM -0400, bergman@merctech.com wrote:
> => 
> => I like the direction Meng's "Sender Policy Framework" was headed, but has
> => it been adopted universally?
> 
> No.

Untrue. Gmail reports that ~10% of inbound sender domains have SPF records:

http://www.ceas.cc/2006/19.pdf

The unfortunate part of this is that most of those domains are owned and
operated by spammers. Spammers have adopted SPF way faster and wider than
legitimate mailers.

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Toby DiPasquale
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