RFC 6652: Sender Policy Framework (SPF) Authentication Failure Reporting Using the Abuse Reporting Format
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This memo presents extensions to the Abuse Reporting Format (ARF) and Sender Policy Framework (SPF) specifications to allow for detailed reporting of message authentication failures in an on-demand fashion. This memo updates RFC 4408 by providing an IANA registry for SPF modifiers. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6652
- Published
- June 2012
- Authors
- S. Kitterman
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- app
- Pages
- 8
- Also known as
- —
- Updates:
- RFC 4408
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