spf

What’s the proper format for an SPF record?

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That SPF record looks correct to me, mine is quite similar to that. Where do you get the SPF error? I checked the domain from my SPF client and it says it’s okay. You can always check the syntax here http://www.openspf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax and generate a new header here http://old.openspf.org/wizard.html?mydomain=example.com&submit=Go%21 $ spfquery -i 50.22.72.198 -m test@wordswithfriends.net -h … Read more

Office365 SPF record has too many lookups

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As of some recent date, Microsoft has “fixed” this problem by getting rid of all sub-records and using 2 or 3 “ptr” records instead: $ dig TXT spf.protection.outlook.com spf.protection.outlook.com. IN TXT “v=spf1 ptr:protection.outlook.com ptr:o365filtering.com -all” $ dig TXT spf.messaging.microsoft.com spf.messaging.microsoft.com. IN TXT “v=spf1 ptr:protection.outlook.com ptr:messaging.microsoft.com ptr:o365filtering.com -all” Here’s the problem: while this will help Office … Read more

How is this email subverting SPF checks?

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In this case they probably said to your server something like this: EHLO www.tchile.com MAIL FROM: apache@www.tchile.com RCPT TO: user@mydomain.com DATA Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:03:54 -0300 Message-Id: <201610130703.u9D73smu017280@www.tchile.com> To: user@mydomain.com Subject: CANCELLATION_PROCESS. From: KIWI BANK <noreply@kiwibank.co.nz> Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=029F3E3270D5187AA69203962BF830E3 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP The contents of mail… . The SMTP … Read more

How to setup a SPF record to help fight SPAM

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There is an article on Google Apps help about this. http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33786 All you need to do is add that TXT record and you’re set. I don’t know what you mean by “fight SPAM”, as all this does is authenticate that the e-mail you are sending is not spoofed, so all it will do is help … Read more