It's one. You count the mechanisms and modifiers that cause DNS lookups. Scott K
On Monday, April 29, 2013 05:24:08 PM Terry Zink wrote: > So, suppose that a message arrives from [email protected] from the IP 1.2.3.4. > The SPF lookups are: > > example.com > "v=spf1 include:example.net -all" > > example.net > "v=spf1 ip4:1.2.3.4 -all" > > Does this count as 1 lookup (on example.com) or 2 lookups (on example.com > and then on the include:example.net), or zero lookups (since the initial > txt and include are excluded)? > > -- Terry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 9:56 AM > To: Terry Zink; John Levine; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [dmarc-discuss] microsoft.com invalid spf > > My read of RFC 4408 is that the limit excludes the initial txt record > lookup, and that the limit on includes is separate from the limit on "a" > and "ptr" lookups. > > --Bryan Costales > http://www.bcx.com > > >------------ > > > > Quoting Terry Zink <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [dmarc-discuss] microsoft.com invalid spf > > > >------------ > > > > I can help fix this. > > > > -- Terry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Levine > > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 7:06 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [dmarc-discuss] microsoft.com invalid spf > > > > >>The SPF record described in that page bears no resemblance I can see > > >>to the actual one you find if you do a dig. > > > > > >I didn't check if it matched, but the one I got was permerror due too > > >many DNS lookups. > > > It's different, but I counted the lookups and you're right, it's at > > least 11. > > > > R's, > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > dmarc-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.dmarc.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc-discuss > > > > NOTE: Participating in this list means you agree to the DMARC Note Well > > terms (http://www.dmarc.org/note_well.html) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dmarc-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.dmarc.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc-discuss > > > > NOTE: Participating in this list means you agree to the DMARC Note Well > > terms (http://www.dmarc.org/note_well.html) > _______________________________________________ > dmarc-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.dmarc.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc-discuss > > NOTE: Participating in this list means you agree to the DMARC Note Well > terms (http://www.dmarc.org/note_well.html) _______________________________________________ dmarc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://www.dmarc.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc-discuss NOTE: Participating in this list means you agree to the DMARC Note Well terms (http://www.dmarc.org/note_well.html)
