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Re: SPF reporting mechanism

2003-10-28 09:19:01
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 10:16:00AM -0600, wayne wrote:
| 
| How does an SPF client know the difference between an "unofficial
| directive" and a misspelled "official directive"?  Maybe all
| "unoffical directives" should begin with "x-" a la mail headers?

misspelled official directives are ignored.  publishers are expected to
use a validation tool.

| You also mentioned the possibility of having a "habeas" option and
| similar.  Would "unofficial directives" be allowed to change whether
| email is rejected or not, or would it be just for other things?

unofficial directives can define whatever behaviour they want.  what
consenting MTAs do in the privacy of their own TCP stream is none of my
business.

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