On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 01:46:42PM -0500, Gino Cerullo wrote:
Well since I don't refer to '216.138.202.121' as 'A information' and
'mail.pixelpointstudios.com' as 'MX information' I don't see how
referring to "v=spf1 ip4:216.138.202.120/29 ip4:216.138.200.230 -all"
as 'SPF information' is going to help clarify anything and may, in
the future, add to confusion.
As it stand, using the same examples as above, '216.138.202.121' is
the A record for 'pixelpointstudios.com,'
'mail.pixelpointstudios.com' is the MX record for
'pixelpointstudios.com' and "v=spf1 ip4:216.138.202.120/29
ip4:216.138.200.230 -all" is the SPF record for
'pixelpointstudios.com.' It's just that, at present, that SPF record
is stored in the DNS resource record type TXT.
OK. You clearly see things different than I. Let's see how much.
Following this line, I refer to '216.138.202.121' as an IP address,
inside an A record. I don't say that '216.138.202.121' _is_ the A record.
An MX record has a contents of "5 mail.pixelpointstudios.com.", which
is a priority and a domain. Again, I say this information (this data)
is _in_ an MX record.
So, "v=spf1 ip4:216.138.202.120/29 ip4:216.138.200.230 -all" is not the
SPF record, it is what is in the SPF record (or the TXT record).
Is it a problem that I used "information", would you prefer "data" or
"content" ?
Does this clarify my point of view a bit or doesn't it change a thing?
If you are really referring to '216.138.202.121' as an A record, I'm
curious to see what others think.
In any case: thanks for sharing your view, and I hope others will follow.
regards
Alex
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