Might be an odd question for most people, but for the system administrator it is a thankless job that only gets harder.
So why wouldn’t every admin use every tool at their disposal?
Some might not know about the tools, but I don’t consider ignorance an excuse.
Others might be implementing new anti-spam protocols but their budgetary constraints and overly complex networks prevent them from doing so. These are more acceptable excuses, but they are still excuses.
Simple technologies, like SPF that require no more then 30 minutes of any administrators time to implement, but they can help reduce spam immeasurably.
I guess I’m on a bit of a rant at the moment, I’ve been developing a new anti-spam email server and I have started looking through the SPF logs. I’m going to start keeping track of this in more detail very soon, but some extremely blatant spam has been coming through and it is obviously not originating from the networks they say they are.
In fact, I am pretty sure this particular case is a virus, but this is definitely something that could be stopped cold in it’s tracks with a few properly configured DNS records and a little more effort on the part of system admins as a whole.
Wonder what will make them take action to prevent the problems in their own houses, instead of just filing the complaints and doing nothing ….