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[spf-discuss] Re: Suggestion: SPF record vs. SPF policy

2006-12-05 10:56:24
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Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote:
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 03:18:59PM +0000, Julian Mehnle wrote:
  * "SPF record"
    A DNS record of RR type 'SPF' or 'TXT' carrying an "SPF policy".

  * "SPF-type RR" or "SPF-type DNS record"
    A DNS record of RR type 'SPF' (not 'TXT'!) carrying an "SPF
    policy".

This I don't like.  I say TXT record, A record, PTR record, and so on.
Analogously to this, I would like to say SPF record and have made it
clear that I mean the SPF resource record (type 99).

So you would distinguish between a "DKIM record" (a DNS record of RR type
"DKIM") and a "DKIM TXT record" (a DNS record of RR type "TXT" carrying 
DKIM information), too?

Eventually the "'TXT' type" meaning of "SPF record" will go away
if/when another revision of SPF that uses only SPF-type RRs will have
become dominant over SPFv1.

Should we wait for this to use correct terminology?  I'm afraid that
the longer we wait, the harder it will be to stop the confusion.

The confusion on the term "SPF record" has already reached the point of no 
return a long time ago.  Like it or not, I think it is mostly being used 
now to mean a DNS record of RR type "SPF" or "TXT" carrying an SPF policy.

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