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Re: Summary: Current state of SPF

2004-01-29 16:13:34
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 04:47:37PM -0600, wayne wrote:
| 
| I think that checking things token by token is just plain confusing.
| 
| Again, I think implementations of SPF MUST check for all syntax errors
| including unknown mechanisms.  It MAY check for things like missing
| records in include:, recursion depth limits, etc.
| 

Mechanisms are evaluated token by token, but modifiers are slurped up at
start time and may affect the entire record.  I do not think people
should count on modifier ordering.

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