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Re: What to do about redirect= and NXDOMAIN?

2005-05-20 10:23:10
In <200505201913(_dot_)57155(_dot_)bulk(_at_)mehnle(_dot_)net> Julian Mehnle 
<bulk(_at_)mehnle(_dot_)net> writes:

Wayne Schlitt wrote:
Julian Mehnle writes:
"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.

_I_ am not the one saying that SPF(non-existent-domain) should result in 
"None".

Ok, fine, change that to redirecting to
host-exists-but-no-spf-record.example.org.


But as a matter of principle, "redirect=" should always work as if the SPF 
check started over.  IMO, this is what the user expects.

Ok.  I still think it is confusing to have example.org having an SPF
record, but when evaluated, it results in "None".


-wayne