Re: [exim] new exim install / spf rules rejecting all mail

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Author: Raymond Norton
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To: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [exim] new exim install / spf rules rejecting all mail
What would be a safe condition to use SPF, without being too stringent?

On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:20 PM, Todd Lyons <tlyons@???> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Raymond Norton <admin@???> wrote:
>> The comments were my feeble attempt to fix things. How should it read,
>> where spf is still used, but not constrictive?
>
> Let's go over the lines:
>
> deny    message       = SPF_MSG
>          spf =            = fail

>
> It means "deny the email with the message SPF_MSG, *IF* the spf fails".
>
> Compare that to what you have:
>
> deny    message       = SPF_MSG
>          #spf =            = fail

>
> It means "deny the email with the message SPF_MSG" (implied "no matter
> what", aka "for every message I see").
>
> Adjust it by commenting it all out:
>
> #deny    message       = SPF_MSG
> #           spf =            = fail

>
> ...Todd
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