Re: Why TXT zone record location for SPF and Sender ID data are domain d

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 09:55:23PM +0200, Roger Moser wrote:
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| > if we did this, it would be difficult to support wildcard
| > subdomains.
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| With
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| *.example.com TXT "v=spf1 a mx -all"
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| "dig txt _spf.mx1.example.com" returns "v=spf1 a mx -all".
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| So what is the problem with wildcards?
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I believe the goal of using the _ep selector was to prevent
overloading of the main-level record with multiple subtyped
values.  If you do this that defeats the goal.