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From: owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of Graham
Murray
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:50 AM
To: spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
Cc: spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [spf-discuss] txt SPF record with cname
Koen Martens <spf(_at_)metro(_dot_)cx> writes:
Wrong! The answer is 'no, www.watkins-home.com can not be forged',
since the spf record for watkins-home.com will be used when checking
spf on www.watkins-home.com. You are right of course that CNAME does
not mix with other records.
If the MAIL FROM is set to www.watkins-home.com, surely SPF will look
for a www.watkins-home.com TXT record. What will make it 'fall back'
to looking for the TXT record at watkins-home.com?
Because the CNAME is essentially a pointer to another domain name. I'm set
up similarly (kitterman.com is an A record and www.kitterman.com is a
CNAME). If you Dig the TXT record for www.kitterman.com, the TXT record for
kitterman.com is returned.
http://us.mirror.menandmice.com/cgi-bin/DoDig?host=&domain=www.kitterman.com
&type=TXT&recur=on
put that all in one line or
http://tinyurl.com/6o3pq
Scott Kitterman