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From: "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Evidence of idella4's damage to Gentoo, please
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 15:24:57
Message-Id: assp.0147d7cbd1.1654856.KWlvN464EC@wlt
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Evidence of idella4's damage to Gentoo, please by Michael Orlitzky
1 On Monday, December 5, 2016 10:17:26 AM EST Michael Orlitzky wrote:
2 > On 12/05/2016 10:12 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
3 > > SPF is in place, but something is amiss.
4 >
5 > SPF doesn't have anything to do with the "From" address.
6
7 Do you know about SPF at all? That is EXACTLY its purpose...
8
9 "Email spam and phishing often use forged "from" addresses, so publishing and
10 checking SPF records can be considered anti-spam techniques."
11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework
12
13 > > Didn't see DMARC or DKIM, but I have been slacking on those myself.
14 >
15 > DMARC and DKIM are things that the sender of the message does, so the
16 > fact that you are slacking on them is why they are absent.
17
18 These are things you do so your mail server is not abused and people do not
19 pose as sending from your domain.
20
21 I have run my own mail servers for 16+ years. I am pretty familiar with email
22 stuff....
23
24 --
25 William L. Thomson Jr.

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