| Josselin Mouette 2004-07-05, 7:51 am |
| Le dim, 04/07/2004 à 17:46 -0400, Eric Dorland a écrit :
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name : libspf2
> Version : 1.0.3
> Upstream Author : Wayne Schlitt <wayne@midwestcs.com>
> * URL : http://www.libspf2.org/
> * License : GPL, BSD
> Description : Sender Policy Framework library, written in C
>
> libspf2 implements the Sender Policy Framework, a part of the SPF/SRS
> protocol pair. libspf2 is a library which allows email systems such as
> Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, Zmailer and MS Exchange to check SPF records
> and make sure that the email is authorized by the domain name that it is
> coming from. This prevents email forgery, commonly used by spammers,
> scammers and email viruses/worms.
Nothing to do with the library, but I'm trying to understand the
protocol itself. If I understand correctly, the SPF prevents any email
from being sent outside the corresponding IP addresses of the sender's
domain. Am I wrong?
If this is true, this is one of the most stupid ideas I've seen for
fighting spam.
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