[ale] Spammer using my address :(

[Greg Freemyer]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:
>  > >
>
> >  >  Also see: http://www.openspf.org/
>  >  >
>  >
>
> >  Jim,
>  >
>  >  I'm new to SPF.
>
>  That's what that URL up there was for. ;-)
>
>
>  >  What happens if one of our people is using an smtp
>  >  server other than google.
>
>  You would need to identify all possible *sending* servers in your SPF
>  record.  HOWEVER, the more you have, the less relevant your SPF record
>  becomes.   For instance, AOL will forget about SPF records if the sum
>  of your SPF hosts/IPs/subnets exceeds a certain number of IP
>  addresses.
>
>  Since you are using Google Apps, why does one of your people insist
>  upon using Earthlink?  Your people should be able to use
>  smtp.gmail.com:587 (smtp.gmail.com:465 for SSL)  for outbound email.
>  NOTE: they will need to use their gmail login credentials
>  (user at domain.tld / passwod) to authenticate with smtp.gmail.com.
>

I can likely get them to switch on the smtp side.  I don't use
earthlink, but as I understand it, at least one of our people likes to
get pop from earthlink because of the known receiver feature they
have..  It just has never been an issue, so I never cared.

Greg
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