Re: FN-FORUM: Spammers using my address as apparent source

date posted 12th April 2006 10:43

Anthony,
On 12 Apr 2006, at 11:11, Anthony Cartmell wrote:

>
>> I'll try to get my head around that one... Can understand if it's
>> suitable to use as a one man outfit. It says "If your organization:
>> - sends mail from under 5 servers,
>> - has a large technical staff, or
>> - isn't email-mission-critical,
>> Self-publishing is your best option"
>>
>> I don't have a large technical staff and I consider email to be
>> mission-critical.
>
> The fewer mail servers you use, the better. You can set the SPF
> record to be lenient initially, then once it's working OK you can
> set it to be more strict.
>
> I make sure that all my fonant.com mail goes out through
> fonant.com, so my SPF record says "v=spf1 a -all" - "only accept
> fonant.com e-mail from the machine with the IP address of
> fonant.com". It used to say "v=spf1 a ~all" - "treat fonant.com e-
> mail that has come from a machine other than fonant.com with
> suspicion."
>
> The form at SPF wizard at http://www.openspf.org/ will get you
> going with a lenient description, look in the docs if you want to
> tighten things up.

I send a lot of mail from localhost. Can I set up an SPF record for
some of my addresses to include my own machine? Or does it have to
have a properly resolved DNS?

Simon

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