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Does SPF Really Help Curtail Forged Email Headers?

Posted by Cliff on from the keeping-your-domain-out-of-spam-headers dept.

Intelopment asks: "My Domain name has recently been used a lot in the 'Reply' field by some inconsiderate spammer, and my ISP has suggested that I consider using the Open SPF service as a way to stop spammers from using my domain name for in their mail headers field. From what I can tell, it requires the receiving mail server to actually participate in the SPF service, which is where I have my doubts. Does anyone have any experience with this service? Does it work? Are many ISPs using Open SFP?"

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  1. Consider Gmail for your Domain by SoopahMan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Consider migrating your mail servers to Gmail for your Domain:
    https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new

    I had these sorts of "Joe Jobs" against my domain for 2 years. The last straw was when I actually had a client upset at me over spam sent on my behalf from a different server. I explored a lot of different ways of stopping it, and ultimately arrived at moving my MX records to Google servers as part of the above Google Apps for your Domain. It uses SPF, and presumably Google's other tools they use to protect core Gmail users. The Joe Job emails stopped (I'd repeatedly get emails about send failures sent to me in regards to the Joe Jobs prior, and the occasional complaint). Not 1 more complaint or send failure notification.

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