On September 10, 2024 4:59:08 PM UTC, Steven M Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 9/10/24 5:06 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> On September 10, 2024 10:20:59 AM UTC, Alessandro Vesely<[email protected]>  
>> wrote:
>>> Hmm...  there are relays that don't change the bounce address.  For such 
>>> cases, the explanation of why SPF checks fail would be different...  I'd 
>>> suggest removing the explanation (that is ", as the incoming ... the 
>>> sending domain"). It should be well known by now that SPF breaks forwarding.
>>> 
>> I don't think it's safe to assume people know this.  I  do think the point 
>> is worth addressing.  Perhaps adding (if the Mail From address is not 
>> rewritten by the relay) after necessarily fail SPF checks would address the 
>> point.
>
>
>I agree that generally, if there's anyplace we should favor being more 
>explicit than implicit, it's an IETF specification document.
>
>Is a parenthetical like this too disruptive to the flow of the text?
>
>> When such mail is delivered to the actual recipient mailbox it will fail SPF 
>> checks (provided the rfc5321.MailFrom was not altered), as the sending IP 
>> address will be that of example.edu or association.example, and not an 
>> address authorized for the sending domain.
>
Looks good to me.

Scott K

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