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Re: What to do about redirect= and NXDOMAIN?

2005-05-17 16:32:41
In <200505180040(_dot_)09876(_dot_)bulk(_at_)mehnle(_dot_)net> Julian Mehnle 
<bulk(_at_)mehnle(_dot_)net> writes:

Wayne Schlitt wrote:
Something that I've been pondering for quite a while is what should
happen if you have an SPF record with a redirect= modifier, but the
target domain is malformed, non-existant or has no SPF records?
[snip]

"redirect=" should always work as if the SPF check started over.  This 
follows from the principle of least surprise, i.e. it is what the user 
expects.

Ok, so say example.com has a redirect to nxdomain.example.org.  I
think getting a "None" result from checking example.com when 
there clearly is an SPF record there will be quite surprising to
people also.


-wayne