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Re: [spf-discuss] Re: [spf-devel] Re: Another test case for the test suite...

2007-01-10 08:40:08
On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 10:25:35AM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote:

This is the case Wayne wrote about list night:

It is hidden in the "Selection Records" section 4.5 logic:

   2. If any records of type SPF are in the set, then all records of
      type TXT are discarded.

Ack. The thread was broken, and I hadn't seen that answer yet.
It isn't obvious, as you can see from Stuart's reply to mine.

It does also mean that *if* you are going to query both kinds,
and if you do so in parallel, you really ought to wait for the SPF
type query to timeout before deciding to use the TXT type answer.

Alex

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