On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:25 AM, John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> wrote: > Scott Silva wrote: >> on 2-5-2009 4:47 AM John Summerfield spake the following: >>> Hugo van der Kooij wrote: >>> >>>> >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? >>>> >>>> Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images. >>> 1, >>> I get quite a few of those, at another address. It's sent "from" me. >>> >>> 2. >>> There's nothing to prevent anyone from subcsribing to this list and >>> harvesting addresses of all contributors. >>> >>> 3. >>> Before implementing SPF, google for and join some antispam lists. I did >>> so, and the consensus on one of them was that SPF isn't a good answer. >>> CSV was regarded as preferable. >> >> A consensus of one? > > A consensus of those on the particular list. Just reading it was enough > for me. > > Do some research. That's just rude. Spam prevention isn't a battle, it's a war, and SPF *is* a viable weapon in spite of your bias against it. I *have* done the research, not that it's any business of yours. As admin of mail servers for a couple high-profile domain names, I see all the tricks spammers use, and thus need all possible tools to use against them. But, being off topic, this is it from me. jerry