Sender Policy Framework è un sistema per rilevare e-mail contraffatte.
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WHAT EMAIL FORWARDING SERVICES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SPF
To combat spams, worms, and viruses, the new anti-forgery standard called SPF adds a layer of protection to SMTP. When an SPF-aware MTA receives mail (from, say, [email protected] ), it asks the envelope sender’s domain ( aol.com ) if it recognizes the IP address of the SMTP client. The domain publishes SPF records in DNS describing its outbound servers, as a sort of “Reverse MX” record. If those records do not describe the client IP, the MTA may reject the SMTP transaction as a forgery attempt.
In che modo SPF può aiutare a rilevare e prevenire spam e worm?
I would point out that perfectly legitimate emails can be erroneously caught by SPF too, > say registration confirmation or password reset email sent direct from webserver that has > different IP address than the mail server). – ewanm89
Quindi il server web comunica con il server di posta per inviare e non inviare direttamente. lento, più risorse ma alla fine una buona causa?