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Pippin
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SMTP really is such a pile of junk piled on top of crap piled on top of stuff piled on top of what used to be a nice simple protocol, isn't it.

Jan Schaumann

2024-04-12 20:29:22


Every so often, I need to chase down some aspect of email validation (#SPF, #DMKIM, #DMARC, ...). This involves a number of #DNS records and queries, but I may forget just which ones. So here's a quick #SMTP/DNS cheatsheet:

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Kootenay
Kootenay • mastodon (AP)
The same can be said for many “standard” protocols that make the Internet go, really.
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Pippin
Pippin friendica
@Kootenay Well yes. It does seem particularly bad with SMTP though.
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Pippin
Pippin friendica
@Kootenay Actually thinking about it, the whole mountain of stuff needed for loading and interpreting web pages is probably much worse, you're right. Amazing how it actually works, despite all that.
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