Okay.
I changed the source, recompiled and ran some tests using telnet on another
server. It's my opinion the return value for "Maximum of 20 nested SPF
queries exceeded." in ./rfc1035/spf.c should be changed from SPF_FAIL to
SPF_UNKNOWN as this would match the /* comments */ above that code.
Before change (using telnet) Courier gives up completely:
helo malexmedia.net
mail from:<cour...@malexmedia.net>
517 SPF fail cour...@malexmedia.net: Maximum of 20 nested SPF
queries exceeded.
After change (in mail headers) Courier still gives up, but does not fail
the SPF:
Received-SPF: unknown (Maximum of 20 nested SPF queries exceeded.)
SPF=MAILFROM;
sender=cour...@malexmedia.net;
remoteip=::ffff:127.0.0.1;
remotehost=localhost;
helo=hi;
receiver=server;
I should also note that I tested this using courier-0.53.3.
Jim
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:25:38 -0400, Sam Varshavchik <mrs...@courier-mta.com>
wrote:
jj...@megalomanic.net writes:
I downloaded the Debian sources to confirm I had the same source. What
catches my attention is that the comments of this particular block of
code
indicate that SPF_UNKNOWN should be returned however the code is
actually
returning SPF_FAIL which agrees with what I am seeing in the logs. I'm
not
sure that this is a bug or if it is just commented incorrectly. Which
should it be?
You might be right, and the status result for this error condition should
probably be changed. Feel free to change it, and see what happens.
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