Re: [exim] Is this against any rules in the RFCs?

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Author: Odhiambo G. Washington
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Is this against any rules in the RFCs?
* David Woodhouse <dwmw2@???> [20050124 15:05]: wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 12:29 +0300, Odhiambo G. Washington wrote:
> > I used the spf.pobox.com helper script, which generated the data that I
> > then included in wananchi.com zone file:
> >
> > wananchi.com IN TXT "v=spf1 mx a:msa.wananchi.com a:smtp-out.wananchi.com \
> > a:longonot.wananchi.com a:ns2.wananchi.com a:mail.wananchi.com ~all"
> >
> > Isn't that correct?
>
> That record isn't visible from here. Are you sure it's actually there?


I copied and pasted that from /etc/namedb/wananchi.com - which is the
zone file for wananchi.com domains (obviously ;)).

I would like to know if there are reasons why the spf records are not
visible. I know this is now getting OT, but SPF remain WT (withing
Topic), no? ;)


> You should probably also change the '~all' to '?all'. Some people may be
> rejecting mail for a 'softfail' result, even though they shouldn't.


I can try that - I'll have to understand the SPF jargon later - just to
get things working.


> In fact, some people even reject for an 'unknown' result, so it's better
> not to publish an SPF record at all.


I disabled the SPF info yesterday, but some folk (not far from where I
live) is actively rejecting mail from my server! I will wait for the
DNS refresh interval and fire back at him as well...


> See http://david.woodhou.se/why-not-spf.html


Great tutorial!!



        cheers
       - wash 
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