Re: Spam filtering question -- PCTECH

Subject: Re: Spam filtering question
From: "Chuck Lewis" <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 09:38:26 -0400
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Lukas,

If others aren't using SPF records won't that cause a problem ?

Chuck

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From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lukas Beeler
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Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Spam filtering question

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 05:23, Ken Sims <mdrg8066@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That has its own dangers. ÂOne spammer trick is to use the recipient
email address as the envelope sender in an effort to evade spam
filters.

Simple solution: Add SPF records, then whitelist your own domain. In
that case, the spammer would get rejected because he doesn't pass SPF.

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