SPF record

Ejaz mejaz at cyberia.net.sa
Sat Nov 1 06:43:47 UTC 2008


Please if you could provide me the exact syntax then it will be very great. 


As of now i found following format is it ok?

mx.mydomain.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 a -all" 
where mx.mydomain.com is your MX name 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Haneda" <talklists at newgeo.com>
To: "Ejaz" <mejaz at cyberia.net.sa>
Cc: "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at chrysler.com>; <comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: SPF record


> SPF records are just text records (TXT) in your zone. The format is  
> not one that can simply be recomended.
> 
> You will need to research the format and create the record based on  
> your own criteria. There are a number of online SPF record creation  
> tools that can help you.
> 
> Personally, I would start by trying to meet the bare minimum  
> requirements for publishing your records. You can fine tune them later  
> if you feel SPF has merit under your circumstances.
> 
> --
> Scott
> Iphone says hello.
> 
> On Oct 31, 2008, at 10:50 PM, "Ejaz" <mejaz at cyberia.net.sa> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Please could any one tell me how can i create the SPF record for a  
>> specifc
>> domain,
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at chrysler.com>
>> To: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org>
>> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: Should I use bind for SPF records?
>>
>>
>> Res wrote:
>>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Res wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> high in tests and in many many cases rejected outright due to  
>>>> being in
>>>> the
>>>> "home user" group, so talk to your ISP and have your IP changed to  
>>>> the
>>>> same name your machnies hostname is, doing this betters your  
>>>> chance of
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'll clarify this before the pendantic trolls kick in :)
>>>
>>>
>> Pendantic?
>>
>>
>> - Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>



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