Re: VGER does gradual SPF activation (FAQ matter)

From: Krzysztof Halasa
Date: Mon Jun 12 2006 - 14:14:00 EST


Gerhard Mack <gmack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Look at it from a mail admin's perspective. The bounces are now going
> nowhere instead of some poor user's mailbox. You have just cut the damage
> in half.

If people doing SPF configured their servers to reject obviously
bad messages before the SMTP transaction is completed (rather than
generating a bounce later) it would IMHO do much more good.
--
Krzysztof Halasa
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