SPF has problems

I thought I was doing a good thing by adding SPF to my email server.  Unfortunately, I am now finding that there are some serious problems with this scheme.  The biggest one has no solution (that I know of) other than to disable SPF: If your ISP forces you to send email only through their SMTP server (lots of ISPs do this now), then your emails will all fail the SPF test because they originate from your ISP's SMTP server instead of your own.  This also occurs when you are travelling and hook up to a random WiFi hotspot.  Many of them funnel email through their SMTP servers.

Someone's written an article about these types of problems.  He's a bit extreme but has some good points.

The volcano display at the Mirage



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Cirque du Soleil show 'O' at Bellagio - before the start



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Very cool Palm-controlled flexible displays from nyxit.com!



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Ryan Sutton from Handmark



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John Chafee from SplashData



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Here I am at the NormSoft kiosk in PalmOne's booth at CES 2005. Come see us at booth #30,374!!



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There's little that pisses me off more than poor customer service.  Twice I have reported a pricing error to www.pricegrabber.com and twice they have responded with a completely irrelevant answer and have taken no action.  Seeing as their core business revolves around having accurate price listings, this is inexcusable, and I will switch to using other price comparison web sites.