Charlie Brady wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Robert Schwartz wrote: > >> First the error (edited to protect the innocent! ;-) >> >> 2007-11-27 13:32 20088 Plugin sender_permitted_from, hook rcpt returned >> DENYSOFT, SPF error: SPF record error: DNS error while looking up >> mail.someones-domain-name.com A: query timed out > ... >> No question the DNS entry for this domain is broken, but the question is; >> should this be how the SPF plugin handles this kind of error? > > DENYSOFT seems appropriate to me.
Seems to be the best choice. Throw a temporary error in hopes that it's unbusted when the sender retries.