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Re: HELO versus MAILFROM results

2005-05-04 00:07:33
Mark Shewmaker wrote:
 
     HELO result  MAILFROM result  Overall result
     -----------  ---------------  --------------
        FAIL           (any)            FAIL

Yes, that's the only defined "overall result".  In other cases
there's no "overall result", you use the individual MAIL FROM
result per mail.

For a white listed host you should skip all SPF tests, maybe
you see this as another kind of "overall result".

      TempError      TempError          TempError
      PermError      PermError          PermError

A TempError or PermError for the HELO could be interesting, we
never discussed this here, IIRC.

IMHO this is not a good situation.

AFAIK the HELO was a late addition, it's difficult to add new
tricks to this part of the spec.  One idea was "op=helo", see
<http://purl.net/xyzzy/home/test/draft-spf-6-3-options-05.txt>

                           Bye, Frank