On Second Thought, Why Not Just Ditch Sender Authentication Altogether
from the just-ditch-'em-all dept
ZaneK writes "The SPF Council has requested that the IETF revoke its support for the Sender ID SMTP authentication experiment because Sender ID conflicts with SPF in ways that can cause false positives. Because of their bickering, the IETF may pull support for both proposals. This may not matter, since, so far, spammers are the biggest beneficiaries of both SPF and Sender ID." What? A standards battle over pretty much useless technology? Who could have predicted that?Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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SPF is better than nothing
How SPF Works, Why Sender ID is a non-starter, Analysis of Microsoft's MARID Patent Applications.
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Buy a clue?
CSV makes this clear; the reputation check is part of the protocol.
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