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What to do with invalid source domains

2003-11-10 07:36:28
What is the recommended action when the source domain returns 'NXDOMAIN' as opposed to not having any SPF records? I'm wondering if the received-spf header should somehow indicate this difference.

Also, the X-SPF-Guess logic -- should this be part of the spec, or not. THe good thing about it is that it provides some instant benefit for MTA side deployers of SPF. My take is that it should be possible to locally define two SPF records for use under the following circumstances:

NXDOMAIN      "v=spf1 default=deny"
NO TXT "v=spf1 a/24 ptr:%{d2} mx/24 mx:%{d2}/24 default=softdeny"

The Received-SPF record should indicate if a genuine SPF record was used, or whether a local override was used. [In fact, it might make sense to allow local override of *any* domain looked up SPF record.] I'm not sure whether this is material for standardization.

Philip

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