Email using domainkeys and spf

[Andy Bradford]

Thus said Gabriel Gunderson on Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:11:18 MDT:

> Do you all find that you need  to set up your mail servers using these
> two (domainkeys and spf) methods for verifying non-spam?

No. Neither of them will really  block that much spam. SPF may currently
help you block more spam than DomainKeys though.

You will get better results with RBLs and greylisting than both of these
combined.

> They both seem like a bit of a hack.

They are, although  SPF is moreso. DomainKeys was better  thought out in
my opinion, but still doesn't help block  much. I have found that I have
actually blocked  legitimate messages with  both SPF and  DomainKeys and
even caused a few legitimate messages to be blocked by SPF.

> I'm just kinda  wondering what your experiences are.  What is plug.org
> doing?

With respect to  DK I don't believe it should  do anything. With respect
to SPF, I believe SPF and mailing lists don't play well together.

Note, my email probably has a DK...  Not that it has helped in anything.
:-)

Andy
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