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Re: [spfbis] Question about SPF checks based on RFC 7208

Scott Kitterman <spf2@kitterman.com> Wed, 04 May 2016 20:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [spfbis] Question about SPF checks based on RFC 7208
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On Wednesday, May 04, 2016 08:37:33 AM Kurt Andersen wrote:
> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Murray S. Kucherawy <superuser@gmail.com>
> 
> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 9:48 AM, S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com> wrote:
> >> My suggestion is to clarify exactly what constitutes a "void DNS lookup"
> >> 
> >>> in the case of an MX mechanism. I suggest that we define a void MX
> >>> lookup
> >>> to be one that either returns no records or returns the "null MX record"
> >>> (RFC7505). Could this be done as an erratum item?
> >> 
> >> Please see https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata.php for information about
> >> how to report an erratum and how the erratum will be processed.  The
> >> above
> >> might be too much for an erratum.
> > 
> > I guess we used the term in the lists but the definition never made it
> > into the document.  Damn.
> > 
> > Anyway, I support logging an erratum for this if that's the main issue.
> > Who knows if and when there will be enough energy and interest to do an
> > update.
> > 
> > -MSK
> 
> I'll have to go back and research the usage of the term in the spfbis
> mailing lists. I'll follow up with a note here once I have a proposal with
> concrete wording.
> 
> --Kurt

SPFbis picked this up from Mail::SPF under the charter terms that allowed 
"addition of any enhancements that have already gained widespread support" 
[1], so the relevant section of the Mail::SPF documentation [2] may also be a 
useful source of information.

Scott K


[1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/spfbis/charter/
[2] https://metacpan.org/pod/Mail::SPF::Server

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