Re: [Asrg] misconception in SPF

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Mon, 10 December 2012 19:24 UTC

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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:24:04 -0000
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>gmail.com is a virtual domain with no subdomains (afaik)

www.gmail.com at least, probably others.

Really, you know, there's a lot of expertise on this list, and if we
unanimously say that something is a bad idea, you might want to at
least momentarily contemplate the possibility that it really is a bad
idea.