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Steve, We've done some initial testing of SPF and SRS testing on our development servers. They both seemed to work fine, but there's been no decision made if we're going to implement either technology at this point. Its still being considered, and I will forward your concerns to senior management. One concern I have are the different on campus servers and services that send email as "@msu.edu". If we implement a SPF record, it could cause some issues. I'm curious, are you going to implement SPF checking for spam tagging only or outright blocking? -Ed Steve Bogdanski writes: > While we are on the topic of mail.msu.edu: > > I have been getting ready to implement a new email filtering solution at our college. During testing I noticed that I had to turn off SPF checking, this was due to how forwarding from mail.msu.edu works (which 800+ users at our college currently use). Email forwarding breaks because mail.msu.edu forwards email without modifying the envelope sender (http://www.openspf.org/FAQ/Forwarding). It seems that the only two workarounds for this problem are to either whitelist mail.msu.edu or implement SRS (on mail.msu.edu). So I guess my question is if there are any plans for this issue to be addressed by the mail.msu.edu team? > -- > > Stephen Bogdanski > Network Support > College of Veterinary Medicine > Michigan State University > > >>>> On 5/30/2007 at 9:35 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> It's true that ACNS is exploring the possibility of outsourcing student >> email accounts, but we are very early in the process. We are learning about >> options, and no decisions have been made. Some colleagues and I visited >> Google's office in Ann Arbor last week to attend their Google Apps open >> house. Attendees from MSU and other universities saw Google's >> presentations. >> >> We are working on an RFI (Request for Information) which we will send to >> various vendors. If we choose to pursue the outsourcing of student email, >> we will follow the normal RFP process and work with members of the campus >> community including various committees. >> >> We're also evaluating ways that we might improve the existing mail.msu.edu >> service. We're especially focused on these issues: quotas, spam, features, >> and >> performance. >> >> -Ed >