[clamav-users] clamav list spf problem

[Andrew McGlashan]

Hi,

On 20/06/18 02:45, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> 
>> ... The clamav SPF record also doesn't have an "all" value, which
>> should be the last entry for each record. ...
> 
> There is an implicit '?all' mechanism for any SPF record which does
> not have one explicitly set by the record author or by the content of
> a 'redirect' modifier - see section 4.7 of RFC7208 (but I'd agree that
> it's better to state a policy explicitly).

Okay.

>> ... many SPF records are just plain wrong, or how many have more
>> than 1 entry (having only 1 is valid, more than 1 is a fail) ...
> 
> More than 1 gives 'permerror', not 'fail' (see section 4.5), although
> I suppose you may choose to treat the two results identically. :)

Sure, but when I wrote fail, I actually meant "doing it wrong, as in
failing to get the setup right"; yes it is permerror.

;-)

A.