On 2023-08-21 at 16:33:07 UTC-0400 (21 Aug 2023 16:33:07 -0400)
John Levine via mailop <jo...@taugh.com>
is rumored to have said:
It appears that Gellner, Oliver via mailop <oliver.gell...@dm.de>
said:
On 19.08.2023 at 19:01 Jarland Donnell via mailop wrote:
Is "-all" not indeed a policy in SPF, directed by the domain
owner? I would argue that it is. Especially given that there are
options there, each one defining how the domain
owner wishes SPF failure to be treated. I would find it odd to say
that should ignore domain owners when they say "-all" since that's a
direct and clear request by them.
SPF contains information about which IP addresses are authorized or
unauthorized to send messages for a given domain. It does not contain
a policy on what to do with this information.
What's the difference among -all ~all ?all if it's not policy?
There's a semantic disconnect here around the word "policy"
The default attribute does not advise anyone what to do, it simply
expresses a vague judgment by the domain owner of how complete &
reliable the SPF record is.
(I'm not saying one should pay a lot of attention to the policy, but
it's a policy.)
It's policy-esque. Policy-adjacent.
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