On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, Meng Weng Wong wrote:
perhaps we need to specify in -protocol that "ipv4" and
"ipv6" are synonmymous with "ip4" and "ip6".
I've already done this in my Python implementation. I've heard and
understood the arguments that this is a bad thing, because then the
publisher will never know they screwed up. However, I block a few percent
more spam by accepting SPF records with ipv4 and pretending it said ip4
instead of returning "unknown" as required by the standard.
Based on observed incorrect SPF records, I have installed the following
synonyms:
ip,ipv4 = ip4
prt = ptr
While I haven't seen any yet, I might as well add
ipv6 = ip6
for good measure.
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