Re: [spfbis] Proposed spf TXT record change

"Roy A. Gilmore" <rag@ragged-software.com> Wed, 10 February 2016 03:51 UTC

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Subject: Re: [spfbis] Proposed spf TXT record change
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Why should it matter if I'm a decade too late? If I'm right (and I'm not
saying that I am), why shouldn't the behavior be changed. RFC's aren't
set in stone, they are updated and/or obsoleted all the time. This
proposed change is trivial to implement.

On 02/09/2016 06:25 PM, John Levine wrote:
>> I think the spf information should be placed in a TXT record
>> attached to a _spf selector (e.g. _spf.example.com).
> You're right, but you're also a decade too late.  Forget it.
>
> R's,
> John
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