Microsoft announces enforcement of Sender ID
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I talked about Domain Keys and Sender ID just
a
few days ago after my webcast.
Well Microsoft has pushed ahead to start enforcement of it's proposal before
everyone accepts it (as usual).
Microsoft announced
(today) that starting October 1st, mail received by Hotmail, MSN, and microsoft.com
would be subject to Sender ID validation. Un-authenticated messages will
not be rejected, but they will be subject to a higher level of scrutinization
than messages which are delivered with proper authentication credentials.
Since the current proposal for Sender
ID record format will be compatible with most of the syntax of SPF, you
can use the SPF Setup Wizard to help create the right DNS records for your
domain.
I would investigate the SPF Setup Wizard
to see if your domain servers are ready for this. Mainly if you send
a lot of mail to Microsoft directly. I am sure they sent you announcements
also, but a lot of businesses use MSN still for some reason.
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On Wednesday, August 11th, 2004 by Chris Miller
