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Re: Request for Input on the meaning of "pass".

2005-06-03 11:05:27

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Hector Santos wrote:

From: "Julian Mehnle" <bulk(_at_)mehnle(_dot_)net>
To: <spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:48 AM

SPF is supposed to authenticate _domains_, based on the
authorization of IP addresses.

I think the opposite is more semantically and technically correct.

   "SPF attempts to authorize domains based on the
     authentication of the connecting IP address."

Hector is absolutely right.

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William Leibzon
Elan Networks
william(_at_)elan(_dot_)net