* John W. Baxter <jwblist@???> [20050125 01:32]: wrote:
> On 1/24/2005 1:29, "Odhiambo G. Washington" <wash@???> wrote:
>
> > * Avleen Vig <lists-exim@???> [20050124 11:38]: wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 11:02:39AM +0300, Odhiambo G. Washington wrote:
> >>> I hope you had a nice weekend!
> >>
> >> Great thanks!
> >>
> >>> Q1. Is that setup RFC-ignorant or RFC-legal as far as mail exchange on
> >>> the Internet is concerned? I'm in doubt, especially regarding
> >>> sender verifications and callouts.
> >>
> >> There is nothing wrong with your setup.
> >> Many organizations set up their mail like this.
> >> It's very standard to have your mail go OUT through boxes which do not
> >> accept email from the internet (ie, they are just relays).
> >
> >
> > Thanks! At least this confirms to me that I still retain my sanity! I
> > was greatly in doubt even though I thought I knew this like catechism ;)
> >
> >
> >>> Q2. Must I publish this box as one of my MXes? The reason I am asking
> >>> this is because GMX.de (they use SPF) is already rejecting e-mails
> >>> sent via this server saying:
> >>
> >> No. GMX.de are broken, very badly broken.
> >> They're probably not accepting email from several major ISP's, including
> >> AOL and Earthlink in the US, if this is the only reason they're not
> >> accepting your mail.
> >
> >
> > Good to know they are. That would explain why only gmx.de were denying
> > mail from that server, and not exim.org servers, etc. Perhaps there is
> > a way to track down their Admin and tell him/her to forget about SPF??
> >
> >
> >> I can't find an SPF record for your domain. Can you show me what you
> >> have so far?
> >
> > 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?
>
> Aside from David's comment about ? Vs ~, and assuming that continuation is
> allowed in that context, that looks OK.
>
> However, as with David, it doesn't show up here.
>
> Is there anything of interest in your name server log for the time you told
> the name server about the revised zone file?
I disabled them yesterday, so it's okay if you don't get any
response. Anyway, since I have taken care of the situation of the
servers which were complaining "loudly", I have re-enabled SPF data in
the zone file.
Test again and let me know.
cheers
- wash
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