On 11:39 PM 3/6/2006 -0500, it would appear that Sanford Whiteman wrote:
> Sure it is, SPF is NOT an RFC and if the email follows RFC then it
> is legit.
I'm afraid you have a rather exaggerated opinion of the relevance of
RFCs, and of the concept of domain ownership. RFCs are meaningless
when it comes to the acceptable use of your domain (which is protected
by law, not at all by RFC). . . not to mention that the SMTP RFCs are
widely disregarded in spamfighting: I'm sure you have several policies
which do not respect all RFC MUSTs and SHOULDs.
Please don't assume that you have any idea how my policies are set.
The courts have affirmed that a domain owner solely controls the use
of the domain, even if it is not a distinctly registered trade or
service mark (US Code Title 15, Chapter 22, Subchapter III, ยง 1127).
Anyone else is simply using the mark at the will of the owner and is
not protected any way by RFC. US Code v. RFC = no contest!
Good to know, next time I have to make sure that
my servers can communicate properly with the rest
of the world, I'll be sure to check the relevant
case law first. After all, I'm sure the courts
will help me do a much better job than by following the RFCs.
Tyran Ormond
Programmer/LAN Administrator
Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility
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