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Re: SPF test suite

2005-08-05 04:55:46
Marc Chametzky wrote:

test4.spam.co.nz "v=spf1 redirect=test4.spam.co.nz -all"
[...]
With the "-all" in there, the redirect modifier won't even
be used, so this should simply return "Fail", right?

Argh, yes, sorry, I missed the "-all".  Scott has it right,
the "redirect=" has no effect, it's "allowed" (probably not
inteded - but validators trying to guess what a user means
are in trouble ;-)

Sorry also to Lennon, that policy should work.  The spec.
says only "RECOMMENDED" to appear as the very last term,
and "all" vs. "redirect=" has its own rule in chapter 5.1:

  Mechanisms after "all" will never be tested.  Any "redirect"
  modifier (Section 6.1) has no effect when there is an "all"
  mechanism.

Tricky for validators, it's almost an error, but not in
practice.  They could display two warnings:

1 - redirect=any with "all" is useless
2 - redirect=self would be an error without "all"   
  
                        Bye, Frank



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