  Re: @debian.org email forwarding and SPF  >>>>> "Adam" == Adam
D Barratt <highvol-debian-devel@adam-barratt.org.uk> writes:
Adam> It's not stopping the mail because it's spam - it's
stopping the     Adam> mail because the sender address is
provably false. What happens     Adam> when the virus starts
sending mail claiming to be from     Adam>
<validuser>@debian.org? It sails straight through the SPF
check...  That's not the case.  If the spam is not really sent
from a computer that the SPF record of debian.org approves, no
matter whether the user-id is valid the mail will not be
delivered successfully.  This is the whole idea, and most
discomforts also stem from that single idea.  Of course, it is a
different matter if an approved computer of @debian.org get
0wn3d and the spammer sent from there.      Adam> ("SPF stops
spam" is a roughly equivalent argument to "blocking     Adam>
executables stops viruses" - it's both inaccurate and confusing
Adam> cause and effect).  I think if all viruses are exec