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PCWorld.com - AOL Tests New Spam-Blockers (693 words) |
 | SPF is designed to eliminate e-mail forgeries by enabling organizations to specify which servers can send mail on behalf of their Internet domain, according to Nicholas Graham, an AOL spokesperson. |
 | SPF patches a hole in Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, which is used to route e-mail messages among in-boxes. |
 | SPF also causes performance problems under certain circumstances and has features that spammers could exploit to slow down and derail the system, he said. |
| SPF - Internetnews.com - Webopedia.com (221 words) |
 | In order to use SPF, the domain sending e-mails must establish an SPF record that is published in DNS records. |
 | SPF is one method that can be used to stop spam from being sent using unauthorized domain names. |
 | However, it should be noted that SPF only stops the spammer from forging the From field in the e-mail and does not stop the spammer from sending e-mails from a domain in which it is a member. |