> On Jul 13, 2015, at 6:13 PM, John R Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: > >>> Google's record doesn't affect SPF. Look at section 4.5 of RFC 7208, >>> and you'll see that SPF takes all of the records returned for the TXT >>> lookup, and only picks the one that starts with v=spf1. Other records >>> are ignored and don't count toward the lookup limit. >> >> Except it may not fit in an 1500 bytes UDP packet anymore... fragmentation >> and or TCP will occur... delaying the answer, enough for the mailserver to >> move on, not waiting for the answer anymore. > > I've done it. The extra DNS records for site verification are not large.
It's not just Google, though. They add up fairly quickly if you're required to add and maintain them for multiple vendors. Putting one or two in the root isn't terrible, but putting them anywhere else is better if it's at all possible. Cheers, Steve _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org http://chilli.nosignal.org/mailman/listinfo/mailop
