Re: [spfbis] Proposed spf TXT record change

"Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com> Thu, 11 February 2016 04:49 UTC

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Subject: Re: [spfbis] Proposed spf TXT record change
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On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> wrote:

> This group won't allow the double query and will introduce spurious
> interoperablity arguments.  See the history of the SPF record type
> which if the group hadn't abandoned would be well on the way to
> being done by now as they abandoned the process just as the libraries
> using the new code point were being deployed.


I am mystified that the bitterness on this topic remains impervious to
things like evidence.

The history of the SPF record type is documented in RFC6686.   I'm happy to
let that document and the data it contains speak for itself.

I also contend that the record shows that the working group and the
community made an informed decision.

-MSK