In <20050707083058(_dot_)GB16124(_at_)alatheia(_dot_)elm(_dot_)net> Alex van
den Bogaerdt <alex(_at_)ergens(_dot_)op(_dot_)het(_dot_)net> writes:
Also:
" evaluating v=spf1 a mx ptr *all ...
Results - SPF Permanent Error: Unknown mechanism found: *all
"
should read "unknown qualifier found: *". This seems to be an
omission in the current specification by the way.
In what way is the current spec unclear on what are correct
qualifiers?
The current ABNF says:
directive = [ qualifier ] mechanism
qualifier = "+" / "-" / "?" / "~"
So, my reading of the spec says that "*" can not be a qualifier and
therefore "*all" must be a syntax error.
Once the RFC Editor finally decides to review the spec, I will have
one more chance to get things right. If there is a bug in the spec, I
want to make sure it is fixed. (I will, of course, have all proposed
modifications to the SPF spec sent here for review before I give it to
the RFC Editor.)
-wayne