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RE: Multiple header entries

2004-12-01 10:05:12
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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 
Richard Bang
Sent: woensdag 1 december 2004 11:05
To: spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
Subject: [spf-discuss] Multiple header entries

Hi,

What should be the policy if an MTA received a message with 
an spf header already in it. Should it remove the header and add
its own, or just add a  new one and leave the original intact.
(I would assume the latter as it makes the processing history 
more intact).

The 'official' status of the SPF-Received: header is a bit in limbo, I
believe. But like regular Received: headers, you could follow the practice
of adding one 'on top', and leave the older ones be; like so:

Received-SPF: pass (asarian-host.net: domain of
listbox+trampoline+735+865569+5f71ec8d(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com 
designates
207.8.214.5 as permitted sender)
Received-SPF: pass (backbone.midwestcs.com: domain of midwestcs.com
designates 206.222.212.237 as permitted sender) client-ip=206.222.212.237;
envelope-from=wayne(_at_)midwestcs(_dot_)com; helo=midwestcs.com;

Adding the hostname of the receiving machine ($j in sendmail) right after
the first bracket makes for an easy history trail.

- Mark 
 
        System Administrator Asarian-host.org
 
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