diff --git a/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/james/jspf/executor/AsynchronousSPFExecutor.java b/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/james/jspf/executor/AsynchronousSPFExecutor.java
index 3ce330bf..fd306bb3 100644
--- a/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/james/jspf/executor/AsynchronousSPFExecutor.java
+++ b/resolver/src/main/java/org/apache/james/jspf/executor/AsynchronousSPFExecutor.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.xbill.DNS.lookup.NoSuchRRSetException;
+import org.xbill.DNS.WireParseException;
 
 /**
  * Synchronous implementation of SPFExecuter. All queries will get executed synchronously
@@ -90,7 +91,16 @@ private void handleCont(SPFSession session, FutureSPFResult result, DNSLookupCon
                     if (e instanceof IOException && e.getMessage().startsWith("Timed out ")) {
                         e = new TimeoutException(e.getMessage());
                     }
-                    if (e instanceof NoSuchRRSetException) {
+
+                    /**
+                     * When exceptions occur trying to resolve the DNS response, we must do some clean
+                     * up handling or the request will end up hanging.
+                     * 
+                     * NOTE — The org.xbill.DNS.WireParseException gets triggered if the SPF record is truncated
+                     *        due to too many lookups. There might be other types of DNS exceptions that need
+                     *        to be caught as well.
+                     */
+                    if ((e instanceof NoSuchRRSetException) || (e instanceof WireParseException)) {
                         try {
                             DNSLookupContinuation dnsLookupContinuation = cont.getListener().onDNSResponse(new DNSResponse(new ArrayList<>()), session);
                             handleCont(session, result, dnsLookupContinuation, checker);
diff --git a/resolver/src/test/java/org/apache/james/jspf/AsynchronousSPFExecutorIntegrationTest.java b/resolver/src/test/java/org/apache/james/jspf/AsynchronousSPFExecutorIntegrationTest.java
index 80376728..6b48bc4a 100644
--- a/resolver/src/test/java/org/apache/james/jspf/AsynchronousSPFExecutorIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/resolver/src/test/java/org/apache/james/jspf/AsynchronousSPFExecutorIntegrationTest.java
@@ -20,16 +20,51 @@
 package org.apache.james.jspf;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
 import org.apache.james.jspf.executor.SPFResult;
 import org.apache.james.jspf.impl.DefaultSPF;
 import org.apache.james.jspf.impl.SPF;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.xbill.DNS.ExtendedResolver;
+import org.apache.james.jspf.impl.DNSServiceXBillImpl;
+
 public class AsynchronousSPFExecutorIntegrationTest {
 
+    private SPF createAsyncSPF() {
+        return createAsyncSPF((String[]) null);
+    }
+
+    private SPF createAsyncSPF(String dnsResolvers) {
+        return createAsyncSPF(dnsResolvers.split("\\s*;\\s*"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Mimics the logic in the new SPF() 
+     */
+    private SPF createAsyncSPF(String[] dnsResolvers) {
+        DNSServiceXBillImpl dnsProbe;
+
+        // when we have no specific DNS resolvers to use, we use the default DNS of the JVM 
+        if( dnsResolvers == null ){
+            dnsProbe = new DNSServiceXBillImpl();
+        } else {
+            try {
+                dnsProbe = new DNSServiceXBillImpl(new ExtendedResolver(dnsResolvers));
+            } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+                fail("Resolver could not be created");
+                dnsProbe = null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new SPF(dnsProbe);
+    }
+
     @Test
-    public void test() {
+    public void testWithDefaultSPF() {
         SPF spf = new DefaultSPF();
         SPFResult result = spf.checkSPF("109.197.176.25", "nico@linagora.com", "linagora.com");
         System.out.println(result.getResult());
@@ -39,4 +74,28 @@ public void test() {
         assertEquals("Received-SPF: pass (spfCheck: domain of linagora.com designates 109.197.176.25 as permitted sender) client-ip=109.197.176.25; envelope-from=nico@linagora.com; helo=linagora.com;",
             result.getHeader());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSPFWithAsynchronousSPFExecutor() {
+        SPF spf = createAsyncSPF(); 
+        SPFResult result = spf.checkSPF("109.197.176.25", "nico@linagora.com", "linagora.com");
+        System.out.println(result.getResult());
+        System.out.println(result.getExplanation());
+        System.out.println(result.getHeader());
+        assertEquals("pass", result.getResult());
+        assertEquals("Received-SPF: pass (spfCheck: domain of linagora.com designates 109.197.176.25 as permitted sender) client-ip=109.197.176.25; envelope-from=nico@linagora.com; helo=linagora.com;",
+            result.getHeader());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldParseWireParseExceptionWhenRecordTruncated() {
+        SPF spf = createAsyncSPF("1.1.1.1; 1.0.0.1"); // use CloudFlare's DNS server to resolve DNS entries
+        SPFResult result = spf.checkSPF("170.146.224.15", "HelpDesk@arcofmc.org", "arcofmc.org");
+        System.out.println(result.getResult());
+        System.out.println(result.getExplanation());
+        System.out.println(result.getHeader());
+        assertEquals("permerror", result.getResult());
+        assertEquals("Received-SPF: permerror (spfCheck: Error in processing SPF Record) client-ip=170.146.224.15; envelope-from=HelpDesk@arcofmc.org; helo=arcofmc.org;",
+            result.getHeader());
+    }
 }
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