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Date:      Fri, 04 May 2012 11:05:53 +1000
From:      Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
To:        prabhpal@digital-infotech.net
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Reject Action For SPF
Message-ID:  <20120504010554.67E382064422@drugs.dv.isc.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 May 2012 16:59:41 GMT." <a5bf45cb6468286ec3048a82a4e12243.squirrel@mail.digital-infotech.net>
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In message <a5bf45cb6468286ec3048a82a4e12243.squirrel@mail.digital-infotech.net
>, "Prabhpal S. Mavi" writes:
> 
> > Why would you want to reject mail from legitimite senders that do not
> > have SPF records published?
> >
> > Glen
> 
> Dear Glen. B
> 
> Thanks for your response, We want to implement this no our backup MX
> server. i trust this explains the reason. i know SPF is not spam
> prevention mechanize. Can you tell me how to set reject action?

Fix your backup server to have the data required to perform the
filtering.  Don't force the rest of the world to waste cycles and
bandwidth attempting to send email to a backup MX that you have
advertised.  If you can't do it correctly, DO NOT DO IT.

> Prabh S. Mavi
> 
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