On December 24, 2014 9:43:40 AM CST, "Murray S. Kucherawy" <superu...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 4:09 AM, Scott Kitterman <skl...@kitterman.com> >wrote: > >> 5.6.2 promises 5.6.3 addresses the question and it doesn't. At the >very >> least, 5.6.2 should be fixed not to over promise what 5.6.3 will >provide. >> > >I'm not clear why you say "it doesn't". 5.6.3 describes two options >for >handling a message when the query for the DMARC policy fails due to >transient DNS errors. Is your issue that it doesn't prescribe one >specific >action? > >I also don't understand why you say the reference is dangling. 5.6.2 >says >that transient DNS errors for SPF and DKIM can occur and says the >handling >for that case is left to receiver discretion, but also points out that >what >5.6.3 says can also be applied when that happens.
And 5.6.3 is completely silent on what to do with SPF or DKIM results indicating a temporary DNS error. The only references to transient DNS errors in 5.6.3 are specific to errors retrieving DMARC records. Scott K Scott K _______________________________________________ dmarc mailing list dmarc@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc
