In message <alpine.bsf.2.00.1212052345240.58...@bikeshed.isc.org>, Dan Mahoney w rites: > > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Karl Auer wrote: > > > This may be a silly question, but are SPF records supposed to be > > supported in reverse zones? I'm thinking of a mail server that has no > > entry in the DNS. > > Well, most mail servers will reject such a server (i.e. one with NO rdns). > However, there's another possible interpretation of your request. > > SPF records go in the zone of the envelope-sender. So if your server's ip > is 72.9.101.130, and your mail address REALLY is > b...@130.101.9.72.in-addr.arpa, then the reverse zone would also need to > have an MX and possibly an A record, in order to route mail to it, which > goes a far cry from being "a server that has no entry in the DNS". > > I can't even imagine what spamfilters would think of such an address. :)
There are some people who actually do that. > -Dan Mahoney > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
