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RFC 7208, "Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in Email, Version 1", April 2014

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 7372, RFC 8553, RFC 8616

Source of RFC: spfbis (app)

Errata ID: 4082
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: D. Stussy
Date Reported: 2014-08-13
Rejected by: Barry Leiba
Date Rejected: 2014-08-14

Section 8.7 says:

...  If the message is rejected during the SMTP transaction for
this reason, the software SHOULD use an SMTP reply code of 550
and, if supported, the 5.5.2 enhanced status code ...

It should say:

...  If the message is rejected during the SMTP transaction for
this reason, the software SHOULD use an SMTP reply code of 550
and, if supported, the 5.7.8 enhanced status code ...

Notes:

5.5.2 refers to responses where there's an SMTP COMMAND syntax error.
5.7.8 refers to messages where authentication credentials are invalid.

5.7.8 is a better description for rejecting an unauthorized message due to the
application of invalid authentication credentials such as bad syntax in an SPF DNS record.

The author of this errata notes that the IANA is showing a pending addition to
the enhanced codes to add SPF-specific error code 5.7.24 (in lieu of 5.5.2 or
5.7.8), but currently sees no valid RFC proposing it. The draft is located at:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-appsawg-email-auth-codes-07

The use of 5.5.2 here is misleading since the source of the error is not the
SMTP command stream.
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