What happens if the DNS records are not available? We don't know if there is a TXT record or not.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: JamesDR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 11:03 AM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: SPF SOFTFAIL definition Benny Pedersen wrote: >>If the SPF module can't obtain the DNS TXT record due to timeouts, does this >>get reported as a SOFTFAIL? > > > Received-SPF: pass (amiga.junc.org: domain of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > designates 209.237.227.199 as permitted sender) > Received-SPF: unknown (asf.osuosl.org: error in processing during lookup of [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > this was what i got from this mail > > so i belive SOFTFAIL does mean that spf is working ? > > > > Yes, softfail is when they don't want a hard fail :-D pretty much here is the break down: ?all = neutral ~all = softfail -all = hardfail ~all (softfail) are for sites who are 'testing' (majority of the records are this) and is (from my understanding) supposed to allow the mail to be still delivered. -all (hardfail) is more aggressive, but may cause lost mail ... http://www.openspf.org/whitepaper.pdf -- Thanks, JamesDR -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 06/16/06
