[mail-vet-discuss] Reworked section 2 (for -13)

Scott Kitterman mail-vet-discuss at kitterman.com
Tue Mar 11 16:58:58 PDT 2008


On Tuesday 11 March 2008 19:50:33 Dotzero wrote:
> Murray,
>
> After reviewing section 2.4.3 I think it should be split out
> separately for SPF and Sender-ID. A pass for SPF does not mean the
> same thing as a pass for SIDF. Conflating the two is a recipe for
> problems. Mail From pass from SPF is totally different from PRA pass
> from SIDF.
>
Yes.  This is definitely true.

Since PRA = From = Mail From about 80% of the time, it's an 80% solution.  80% 
is good enough for Microsoft (I guess).  Unless that's good enough for you, 
I'd say they ought to be disambiguated.

Scott K


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