SPF records in reverse zones?

[Mark Andrews]

In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1212052345240.58673 at bikeshed.isc.org>, Dan Mahoney w
rites:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2012, Karl Auer wrote:
> 
> > This may be a silly question, but are SPF records supposed to be
> > supported in reverse zones? I'm thinking of a mail server that has no
> > entry in the DNS.
> 
> Well, most mail servers will reject such a server (i.e. one with NO rdns).  
> However, there's another possible interpretation of your request.
> 
> SPF records go in the zone of the envelope-sender.  So if your server's ip 
> is 72.9.101.130, and your mail address REALLY is 
> bob at 130.101.9.72.in-addr.arpa, then the reverse zone would also need to 
> have an MX and possibly an A record, in order to route mail to it, which 
> goes a far cry from being "a server that has no entry in the DNS".
> 
> I can't even imagine what spamfilters would think of such an address. :)

There are some people who actually do that.
 
> -Dan Mahoney
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