Bob Hoffman wrote: > > > > >>>> AFAIR yahoo only looks for proper SPF records and then looks at >>>> content so far. My users interact with them all the time. >>> Out of curiosity: What happens if you don't have SPF records? >>> >>> Ralph >> Initially when I had to deal with sending to yahoo I would >> get a mix of mail dumping into the receivers spam box to >> downright rejections. Then it moved completely to rejections. >> I have exec's that send mail to all the big providers, >> usually to lawyers and lobbyists that are either too clueless >> or too cheap to have a better mail system. Aol and yahoo at >> the time just wanted SPF records and reverse DNS that resolves. >> > > > Been reading about this stuff for hours. I gotta say that spf might be the > thing to try first. It does not prove who you are, but it is supposed to > make the big mail companies feel warm and fuzzy to know you are trying to > prove you 'are you'. prove what? if the machine with an rDNS of bobhoffman.com sends mail from <*@bobhoffman.com>, and is the MX of this domain, would anybody think this is a forgery? > > SO I will do that first (especially since it does not require any > installation stuff) > > On a side note...just got the RHEL annoucement. Huge kernel patch > coming...woof. >