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domain owners to specify the hosts permitted to send email on behalf | domain owners to specify the hosts permitted to send email on behalf | ||
of their domains. Normal SMTP allows any computer on the net to send | of their domains. Normal SMTP allows any computer on the net to send | ||
− | an email claiming to be from anyone. This is quite often used by spammers to | + | an email claiming to be from anyone. This is quite often used by spammers to send emails with forged From: addresses. SPF record makes it difficult to forge From: addresses and, therefore, send spoofed emails |
− | send emails with forged From: addresses. SPF record makes it difficult | + | |
− | to forge From: addresses and, therefore, send spoofed emails | + | |
For example, if you own the domain example.com, you can specify the | For example, if you own the domain example.com, you can specify the |