Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-24 Thread Philip Paeps
On 2017-05-22 17:22:19 (-0700), Brandon Long via mailop wrote: Well, the obvious usage of ARC where DKIM is not a solution is for any modifying hop, such as a mailing list. The mailing list can DKIM sign the modified message, but it then lacks alignment and also takes on "ownership" of the me

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-24 Thread Philip Paeps
On 2017-05-22 14:54:06 (-0700), Steve Atkins wrote: On May 22, 2017, at 2:42 PM, W Kern wrote: We quarantine inbound SPF failures. Customers complain but we point that out. So those are not the issue. I am talking about the scenario where a third party sender WITH an -all SPF record sends t

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread Brandon Long via mailop
Well, the obvious usage of ARC where DKIM is not a solution is for any modifying hop, such as a mailing list. The mailing list can DKIM sign the modified message, but it then lacks alignment and also takes on "ownership" of the message (see discussion about forwarding in general taking the reputa

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread Vladimir Dubrovin via mailop
DKIM is solution. ARC is not solution and never will. Actually, I see no any reason for ARC, really. If you trust sender, you can trust his Received: without any cryptography. If you do not trust sender, you can not trust ARC regardless of cryptography. ARC doesn't work without trusts. The only

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread W Kern
On 5/22/2017 3:46 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Mon, 22 May 2017 14:42:20 -0700, W Kern said: I am talking about the scenario where a third party sender WITH an -all SPF record sends to my customer and then MY customer forwards it elsewhere (gmail, hotmail). So you accept spam if it

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread Brandon Long via mailop
Forwarding is complicated, but it's not going away. If you take "ownership" of forwarded mail by changing the MAIL FROM, then you are more likely to be charged for the spam you forward. If you don't take ownership, then spf will fail, and a good spam filter will be more likely to notice it's forw

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Mon, 22 May 2017 14:42:20 -0700, W Kern said: > I am talking about the scenario where a third party sender WITH an -all > SPF record sends to my customer and then MY customer forwards it > elsewhere (gmail, hotmail). So you accept spam if it has a valid SPF? pgp1vLecxuz_9.pgp Description:

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 6:05 PM, Michael Wise via mailop wrote: > > At least a Mailing List is in a position to rewrite the headers so that SPF > works when it sends the traffic out. > Yep, but only those managed by ppl who know how to keep things updated, patched, etc. Lots of bad managed mai

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread Michael Wise via mailop
oft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18275> ? -Original Message- From: mailop [mailto:mailop-boun...@mailop.org] On Behalf Of Steve Atkins Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 2:52 PM To: mailop@mailop.org Subject: Re: [mailop] SPF record > On May 22, 2017, at 12:57 PM, Mich

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread W Kern
On 5/22/2017 2:54 PM, Steve Atkins wrote: ARC is the very-near-future solution to much of this. Get your vendors on it. http://arc-spec.org Very interesting. Will research more on it. Thanks. -bill ___ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread Steve Atkins
> On May 22, 2017, at 2:42 PM, W Kern wrote: > > > We quarantine inbound SPF failures. Customers complain but we point that out. > So those are not the issue. > > I am talking about the scenario where a third party sender WITH an -all SPF > record sends to my customer and then MY customer f

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread Steve Atkins
> On May 22, 2017, at 12:57 PM, Michael Wise via mailop > wrote: > > > Forwarding ... is GROSSLY insecure and causes far more problems than it > solves. > Just grabbing the traffic from the original INBOX with IMAP or POP3 is a much > more secure solution. /me gestures vaguely at this wondr

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread W Kern
On 5/22/2017 1:31 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Mon, 22 May 2017 13:21:08 -0700, W Kern said: Then it's your fault for *accepting* the spam/virus that ended up getting forwarded. We quarantine inbound SPF failures. Customers complain but we point that out. So those are not the i

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Mon, 22 May 2017 13:21:08 -0700, W Kern said: > On 5/22/2017 11:22 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > > not an SPF problem. > > Forwarding has worked just fine for 30 or so years, if not longer. The > > "problem" only happens if you insist on attaching SPF to it. > Except when it is a shared

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread W Kern
On 5/22/2017 11:22 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: not an SPF problem. Forwarding has worked just fine for 30 or so years, if not longer. The "problem" only happens if you insist on attaching SPF to it. Except when it is a shared server and that server forwards enough spam/virii (despit

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread Michael Wise via mailop
essed." Got the Junk Mail Reporting Tool ? -Original Message- From: mailop [mailto:mailop-boun...@mailop.org] On Behalf Of valdis.kletni...@vt.edu Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 11:23 AM To: Michael Peddemors Cc: mailop@mailop.org Subject: Re: [mailop] SPF record On Mon, 22 May 2017 10:5

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Mon, 22 May 2017 10:59:21 -0700, Michael Peddemors said: > Some have pointed out on the list the problem with 'forwarding', however > that is a forwarding problem, and not an SPF problem. Forwarding has worked just fine for 30 or so years, if not longer. The "problem" only happens if you insist

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-22 Thread Michael Peddemors
On 17-05-20 12:24 PM, Steve Atkins wrote: On May 19, 2017, at 6:58 PM, Bryan Blackwell wrote: Hi folks, Please pardon the noob question, just want to make sure this is what a proper SPF record should look like: example.org.IN TXT "v=spf1 mx ~all" It's fine. I'd marginally pr

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread Carl Byington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sun, 2017-05-21 at 12:02 -0500, frnk...@iname.com wrote: > Same here -- many of my customers, for example those who go to O365, > aren't > aware of the implications when they add Microsoft's suggested SPF > record, > and then wonder why some email

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread Laura Atkins
> On May 21, 2017, at 8:33 AM, ComKal Networks wrote: > > Hi, > > I use "-all" for my primary domain simply because we > don't use mobiles, outgrew them 17 years ago. All email > from my primary will only ever originate from my server. > My primary domain doesn't forward received emails to > an

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread Mark E. Jeftovic
Yes. Can also use a wizard like spfwizard.com to generate Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2017, at 9:58 PM, Bryan Blackwell wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Please pardon the noob question, just want to make sure this is what a proper > SPF record should look like: > > example.org.IN TXT

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread John Levine
In article <100.10d30d0034b32159@comkal.com.au> you write: >Anyone forwards an email I've sent them, then the headers >will specify their sending domain so the SPF record for >my domain should be irrelevant. Good luck with that. R's, John ___ mailo

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread frnkblk
to these issues and can suggest tweaks to their SPF record to resolve the issue. Frank -Original Message- From: SM [mailto:s...@elandnews.com] Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 10:25 AM To: frnk...@iname.com; mailop@mailop.org Cc: Kurt Jaeger Subject: RE: [mailop] SPF record Hi Frank, At 0

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread Bill Cole
On 21 May 2017, at 11:33, ComKal Networks wrote: Anyone forwards an email I've sent them, then the headers will specify their sending domain so the SPF record for my domain should be irrelevant. 1. SPF does not operate on any email headers. It operates on the SMTP envelope sender. RFC5321.Mai

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread SM
Hi Frank, At 06:52 21-05-2017, frnk...@iname.com wrote: Do you think the sending domain was not aware of that when they wrote the policy? I have come across cases where the sending domain was not aware of the impact of its SPF policy. That does not mean that sending domains are not aware of

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread ComKal Networks
Hi, I use "-all" for my primary domain simply because we don't use mobiles, outgrew them 17 years ago. All email from my primary will only ever originate from my server. My primary domain doesn't forward received emails to anywhere else on receipt, and never will. Anyone forwards an email I've se

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread Paul Smith
On 21/05/2017 14:52, frnk...@iname.com wrote: sm, Do you think the sending domain was not aware of that when they wrote the policy? I think a lot of the disagreement comes from differing views on priorities. For some people, the danger of receiving forged messages is paramount, so rejecting

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread frnkblk
sm, Do you think the sending domain was not aware of that when they wrote the policy? Frank -Original Message- From: mailop [mailto:mailop-boun...@mailop.org] On Behalf Of SM Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 8:13 AM To: Kurt Jaeger ; mailop@mailop.org Subject: Re: [mailop] SPF record Hi

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread SM
Hi Kurt, At 05:25 21-05-2017, Kurt Jaeger wrote: Can you tell more about this ? Why is '-all' bad ? You are assuming that when the message is delivered to the receiver, it will see a connection from the sending IP address. Regards, -sm ___ ma

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! Steve wrote: > "~all" is the smart policy to use; ignore those who tell you to > use "-all" or "?all". Can you tell more about this ? Why is '-all' bad ? -- p...@opsec.eu+49 171 3101372 3 years to go ! ___ mail

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-21 Thread Andrew C Aitchison
On Sat, 20 May 2017, Steve Atkins wrote: On May 20, 2017, at 2:13 PM, John Levine wrote: In article <3a8a3db1-a628-4cf5-add5-d2db22b5c...@blighty.com> you write: "~all" is the smart policy to use; ignore those who tell you to use "-all" or "?all". Not disagreeing, but what practical diff

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-20 Thread Steve Atkins
> On May 20, 2017, at 2:13 PM, John Levine wrote: > > In article <3a8a3db1-a628-4cf5-add5-d2db22b5c...@blighty.com> you write: >> "~all" is the smart policy to use; ignore those who tell you to use "-all" >> or "?all". > > Not disagreeing, but what practical difference do you see between ~all

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-20 Thread John Levine
In article <3a8a3db1-a628-4cf5-add5-d2db22b5c...@blighty.com> you write: >"~all" is the smart policy to use; ignore those who tell you to use "-all" or >"?all". Not disagreeing, but what practical difference do you see between ~all softfail and ?all neutral ? R's, John

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-20 Thread Steve Atkins
> On May 19, 2017, at 6:58 PM, Bryan Blackwell wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Please pardon the noob question, just want to make sure this is what a proper > SPF record should look like: > > example.org. IN TXT "v=spf1 mx ~all" It's fine. I'd marginally prefer one that listed the source

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-20 Thread Vladimir Dubrovin via mailop
yes and no. Actually, this record may be invalid, depending on the number of MX records for example.org. SPF is limited to 10 name resolutions to resolve policy to final IP addresses. In this case name resolution scenario is: 1. Resolve SPF record itself (1 name resolution) 2. Resolve MX for exma

Re: [mailop] SPF record

2017-05-19 Thread Ted Hatfield
On Fri, 19 May 2017, Bryan Blackwell wrote: Hi folks, Please pardon the noob question, just want to make sure this is what a proper SPF record should look like: example.org.IN TXT "v=spf1 mx ~all" --Bryan -- Bryan Blackwell -- br...@skiblack.com Bryan, The spf record synta

[mailop] SPF record

2017-05-19 Thread Bryan Blackwell
Hi folks, Please pardon the noob question, just want to make sure this is what a proper SPF record should look like: example.org.IN TXT "v=spf1 mx ~all" --Bryan -- Bryan Blackwell -- br...@skiblack.com ___ mailop mailing list mailop@m