Re: No SPF record for postgresql.org?

From: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-www(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: No SPF record for postgresql.org?
Date: 2016-10-16 19:29:13
Message-ID: A3CDB380-1233-4FC3-BD00-A3CBD6C31D3D@postgresql.org
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On 16 Oct 2016, at 19:28, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> I've been tinkering with setting up SPF-based filtering on my mail
> server, and I was surprised to find out that most of the traffic
> it would want to throw away is Postgres mailing list messages.
> Why is it that there's no SPF record for postgresql.org? I realize
> that there's debate about how useful SPF actually is, but surely
> that's not a reason not to publish an SPF entry.

As an extra data point, the lack of SPF and DKIM for postgresql.org
is a bit of a pain when using @postgresql.org email address too. :(

Especially to Yahoo email users.

Maybe thankfully, Yahoo might not be a problem for that much longer. ;)

+ Justin

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