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Old 06-25-2005, 08:52 AM
DalaiLama DalaiLama is offline
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SPF Record to combat SPAM


Can someone tell me what an SPF record is and how to implement.

Alos, how can I use this effectiviely, if my staff is on the road with laptops that may have different IP - or does that matter?

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Old 06-25-2005, 10:22 AM
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Check the official SPF website at http://spf.pobox.com. But you
can add SPF by doing a TXT record "recoding" by using almost any
other DNS service that allows it.

Enom allows this also. At least, that's what Chris Ambler posted in
another forum.

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Old 06-25-2005, 10:39 AM
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Is this something I can not do with Network Solutions?

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Old 06-25-2005, 10:57 AM
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most DNS services now offer SPF support, i didn't implement it yet, but seems promising

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Old 06-25-2005, 11:17 AM
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Is this something I can not do with Network Solutions?
I'd venture that most registrars (except enom) don't do this since
it's not even "accredited" by the IETF. Again, from what I've read
about SPF, it's just a band-aid.

You best use another DNS service that allows it.

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Old 06-25-2005, 02:00 PM
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there is some free/paid dns hosting providers that supports SPF too if your registrar doesn't support it

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Old 06-25-2005, 05:35 PM
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http://spf.pobox.com You can use this link and generate SPF record text line including IP ranges to include as a safe list. SPF records are still complex to implement and can easily get your IPs listed in the black list. If you use ISP mail servers to send out email appearing from your domain you will have to list your isp domain, and you personal ISP assigned IP range as a safe side.

In case any of your IPs are banned to send any further emails you will have to login a free account at Sorbs.net and get your IP Delisted. Also note that SPF records are propagated just like DNS records and any further change in SPF records might take upto 48hrs to kick in.

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