On 08/22/2013 07:18 PM, John Levine wrote: > In article <5215CD8D.3080302@xxxxxxx> you write: >> So what makes you think the above 4 points will not be a problem for the >> next protocol that comes along and needs (apex) RR data? And the one >> after that? > > SPF is ten years old now. It would be helpful if you could give us a > list of other protocols that have had a similar issue with a TXT > record at the apex during the past decade. > I don't know of any (at least ones that are used in the global dns namespace), and I would like to still not know of any in 2033. SPF may be a lost cause, let's try and make that the only one. Jelte