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Re: Validator Testing Request

2005-08-10 06:22:17
wayne wrote:

But each new ptr: mechanism doesn't add more DNS lookups,

Depends on the SPF implementation, doesn't it ?  Even if
it's smart it has to try to match bar after foo, and baz
after bar.  An expensive mechanism, and almost deprecated.

And maybe we'll kill it in v=spf1.1 and a future SPF PS.

In general, having 100 ptr: mechanisms isn't going to
be worse than one.

Is your implementation always "smart" with multiple ptr-
mechanisms ?  In your foo, bar, baz.com example, what if
other mechanisms stand between the ptr, and / or if the
qualifiers are different ?

In other words, the "count to ten" concept is KISS.  Do
really like to add a special rule "count only the first
ptr, and do something with the p-macro if ..." [TBD] ?

                           Bye. Frank