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I would suggest you learn something about email!
SPF (Sender Policy Framework), of which this article is about, deals with mail policies (rules) on MTA's (Mail Transfer Agents). Examples of MTAs are Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Exchange... The SPF takes place on the server, not the client, as there is POP and IMAP clients (IMAP is what is used for Web based mail, among other applications).

See: http://spf.pobox.com/faq.html#allsmtp

I get the impression from your post that you have never run a mail server for a domain or corporation, such that you do not have any experience filtering mail (say with procmail, which I have used to filter both SPAM and viruses). If you had, maybe you would have some basis for your comments.

The 95% only deals with the client machine and SPAM can be autogenerated via a script and a mail list (it really isn't that hard!). The ruling (or opinion) that you refer to (Courts Finding of Fact: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm and Conclusion of Law: http://usvms.gpo.gov/ms-conclusions.html) even teh judge knew the difference between clients (PC's) and middleware (MTA's), even dealt with Web based email (so much for the PC sender theory...).
Posted by: B.O.F.H.   Posted on: 08/23/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Five years late... and what a mess now !  realitycheck101 | 08/23/04
What are you spreading FUD about now?  Squawkbox | 08/23/04
He probably is  nucrash | 08/23/04
Sender ID is as good as Password, hence useless.  ibramsha19@... | 08/23/04
Clueless  UncleBubba | 08/23/04
You are 100% wrong, but lets hear your solution?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/23/04
Here's an Idea  nucrash | 08/23/04
Not to rain on your parade...  Stellardyne | 08/24/04
Personal attacks!  sa_z | 08/24/04
RTFM  FamilyManFirst | 08/23/04
From Microsoft? No thanks... NEXT!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/23/04
What "we" are you talking about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/23/04
Mail servers want non-microsoft  voiceofreason_z | 08/23/04
The 95% you refer to was for clients/pc/workstations.  B.O.F.H. | 08/23/04
Ummm, PCs and workstations send email, not severs.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/23/04
I would suggest you learn something about email!  B.O.F.H. | 08/23/04
Your point is pointless.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/23/04
People don't generate or check SPF.  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/23/04
Autogeneration of content (SPAM) is not that hard to do!  B.O.F.H. | 08/23/04
on useless points...  ryusen | 08/23/04
/me looks in confusion  nucrash | 08/23/04
Try again..  Patrick Jones | 08/23/04
Actually it's SMTP servers that do that  voska | 08/23/04
Wrong again AX!  sa_z | 08/24/04
ROLF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Nullifidian | 08/24/04
No, but 45% run Domino  nucrash | 08/23/04
Read the article first  UncleBubba | 08/23/04
Yes and No  nucrash | 08/23/04
No and No  UncleBubba | 08/24/04
95%  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/23/04
Yup, but 95% do.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/23/04
What about the 5% who manage servers.  nucrash | 08/23/04
Glad you agree  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/23/04
Absolutely!  sa_z | 08/24/04
Don't worry about it being MS  alterego_z | 08/23/04
Thank you for saving me some typing(nt)  Richard Flude | 08/23/04
You trolls are funny..  d_jedi | 08/23/04
i think the point is...  ryusen | 08/23/04
Dead on ZZ!  shawkins | 08/23/04
I'll stick with email the way it is  V Sanders | 08/23/04
I'm sure IETF will take you into account (NT)  seosamh_z | 08/23/04
You don't get a vote.  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/23/04
this is a crime  V Sanders | 08/23/04
Law enforcement is spineless..  d_jedi | 08/23/04
It's easier to go after kids  voska | 08/23/04
Sender ID has license & patent problems  Nigel Johnstone | 08/23/04
Spam  hingram | 08/24/04
They deny sending the spam  archerjoe | 08/24/04
Spam can be stopped between the source and the destination  Minas Beede | 08/24/04
hear hear  cfortune | 04/26/06
Add Sender ID Support to your Windows SMTP!  aloaha | 08/31/04
WHAT A JOKE - SENDER ID HAS EXISTED FOR YEARS  kensys | 03/23/05

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