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spf-draft-200404.txt -- Happy spammers

2004-04-25 23:29:00
The latest specification says:

2.2.2. Lookup
...
If the domain does not exist (NXDOMAIN) an SPF client MUST return
"unknown".

3. SPF Record Evaluation
...
Unknown: indicates incomplete processing: an MTA MUST proceed as if a
domain did not publish SPF data.

This will make the spammers and virus authors happy. Now they simply have to
use a return-path with an non-existing domain, and their spam or virus will
be delivered.

Roger