[svlug] mandatory SPF?

[Drew Bertola]

Rick Kwan wrote:
> I am the administrative contact for a domain name belonging to a
> non-profit organization.  We are hosted a machine belonging to a
> respected SVLUG member.  (In other words, someone other than me. :-)
>   
...
> At this point, I'm thinking about only accepting e-mail that can pass
> SPF authentication.  We occasionally get mail from our members,
> predominantly those in the Bay area.  We do have dealings with staff and
> other members in Virginia and a western regional office in Los Angeles.
> We pretty much never receive legitimate e-mail from outside the U.S.

You might want to look into whether or not your host can set you up on a
server with greylist filtering.  It seems to be having the most profound
effect against the current onslaught of spam.

Talk to you soon,
--
Drew