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timothy at tdehan

Jun 16, 2008, 8:13 AM

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No SPF record found?

I was looking at the SPF test tools on the site and after running one it stated no SPF record found and then right below it, it stated SPF record is

Found v=spf1 record for tdehan.com
v=spf1 a -all

I run multiple domain emails from one server with the sampe IP address. For example:

mail.tdehan.com
mail.dehancomputerservices.com
mail.totallysoundfitness.com

All of the email domains I host have an SPF record that matches the one for tdehan.com:

v=spf1 a -all

Is this the best way to have the SPF records for these domains hosted on the same server and IP address?

thanks

Tim

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steve at teamITS

Jun 16, 2008, 8:38 AM

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RE: No SPF record found? [In reply to]

Timothy DeHan wrote on 6/16/2008 10:13:49 AM:

> Found v=spf1 record for tdehan.com
> v=spf1 a -all

That's what is in your DNS.

> All of the email domains I host have an SPF record that matches the
one
> for tdehan.com:
>
> v=spf1 a -all
>
> Is this the best way to have the SPF records for these domains hosted
on the
> same server and IP address?

Not quite sure what you mean, but each domain you want to
protect needs its own SPF record.

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rob.macgregor at gmail

Jun 16, 2008, 1:19 PM

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Re: No SPF record found? [In reply to]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 16:13, Timothy DeHan <timothy[at]tdehan.com> wrote:
> I was looking at the SPF test tools on the site and after running one it stated no SPF record found and then right below it, it stated SPF record is

If you read carefully you'll probably see that the first one refers to
the SPF type record and the second refers to the TXT type record.
Almost nobody supports the SPF type yet.

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timothy at tdehan

Jun 17, 2008, 9:40 AM

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Re: No SPF record found? [In reply to]

Yes, each domain I host as exactly the same SPF record as what I state
below.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Yates" <steve[at]teamITS.com>
To: <spf-help[at]v2.listbox.com>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:38 AM
Subject: RE: [spf-help] No SPF record found?

Timothy DeHan wrote on 6/16/2008 10:13:49 AM:

> Found v=spf1 record for tdehan.com
> v=spf1 a -all

That's what is in your DNS.

> All of the email domains I host have an SPF record that matches the
one
> for tdehan.com:
>
> v=spf1 a -all
>
> Is this the best way to have the SPF records for these domains hosted
on the
> same server and IP address?

Not quite sure what you mean, but each domain you want to
protect needs its own SPF record.

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timothy at tdehan

Jun 17, 2008, 3:21 PM

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Re: No SPF record found? [In reply to]

That should have read...

Yes, each domain I host has exactly the same SPF record as what I state
below.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy DeHan" <timothy[at]tdehan.com>
To: <spf-help[at]v2.listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [spf-help] No SPF record found?

> Yes, each domain I host as exactly the same SPF record as what I state
> below.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Yates" <steve[at]teamITS.com>
> To: <spf-help[at]v2.listbox.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [spf-help] No SPF record found?
>
>
> Timothy DeHan wrote on 6/16/2008 10:13:49 AM:
>
>> Found v=spf1 record for tdehan.com
>> v=spf1 a -all
>
> That's what is in your DNS.
>
>> All of the email domains I host have an SPF record that matches the
> one
>> for tdehan.com:
>>
>> v=spf1 a -all
>>
>> Is this the best way to have the SPF records for these domains hosted
> on the
>> same server and IP address?
>
> Not quite sure what you mean, but each domain you want to
> protect needs its own SPF record.
>
> -----
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> Common mistakes: http://www.openspf.org/FAQ/Common_mistakes
>
> - Steve Yates
> - ITS, Inc.
> - Ass, n.: The masculine of "lass".
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timothy at tdehan

Jun 20, 2008, 7:28 AM

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RE: No SPF record found? [In reply to]

Was there any comment here?

-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy DeHan [mailto:timothy[at]tdehan.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:22 PM
To: spf-help[at]v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: [spf-help] No SPF record found?

That should have read...

Yes, each domain I host has exactly the same SPF record as what I state
below.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy DeHan" <timothy[at]tdehan.com>
To: <spf-help[at]v2.listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [spf-help] No SPF record found?

> Yes, each domain I host as exactly the same SPF record as what I state
> below.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Yates" <steve[at]teamITS.com>
> To: <spf-help[at]v2.listbox.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [spf-help] No SPF record found?
>
>
> Timothy DeHan wrote on 6/16/2008 10:13:49 AM:
>
>> Found v=spf1 record for tdehan.com
>> v=spf1 a -all
>
> That's what is in your DNS.
>
>> All of the email domains I host have an SPF record that matches the
> one
>> for tdehan.com:
>>
>> v=spf1 a -all
>>
>> Is this the best way to have the SPF records for these domains hosted
> on the
>> same server and IP address?
>
> Not quite sure what you mean, but each domain you want to
> protect needs its own SPF record.
>
> -----
> SPF FAQ: http://www.openspf.org/FAQ
> Common mistakes: http://www.openspf.org/FAQ/Common_mistakes
>
> - Steve Yates
> - ITS, Inc.
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>
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>
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steve at teamITS

Jun 20, 2008, 7:49 AM

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RE: No SPF record found? [In reply to]

Timothy DeHan wrote on 6/20/2008 9:28:46 AM:

> Was there any comment here?

Did you still have a question? I said that "each domain you
want to protect needs its own SPF record," and you said it did. Using
an IP address in each SPF record saves others a lookup of the A record,
but that doesn't mean it's necessarily "better." Using an IP address
means you have to update the SPF record if a site moves to a different
IP.

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timothy at tdehan

Jun 20, 2008, 8:22 AM

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RE: No SPF record found? [In reply to]

Yes, I did still have a question.

- All the email domains I host have the save SPF record as I stated.
- The IP address for all the email domains I host is the same as I also
stated.

The question was, is the SPF record I have for each domain the best way I
could have it? Or, is there something more efficient?

I have been receiving and reading all these emails for years now. I realize
that the communication is free. However, I see most of the time the person
asking the questions leaves in frustration still scratching is head. I also
have tried the free tools. The tools while cool are not intuitive and the
output is not clear and does not say a whole lot. If they did, there would
not be so "many" people asking the "same" questions here.

thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Yates [mailto:steve[at]teamITS.com]
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 7:50 AM
To: spf-help[at]v2.listbox.com
Subject: RE: [spf-help] No SPF record found?

Timothy DeHan wrote on 6/20/2008 9:28:46 AM:

> Was there any comment here?

Did you still have a question? I said that "each domain you want to
protect needs its own SPF record," and you said it did. Using an IP address
in each SPF record saves others a lookup of the A record, but that doesn't
mean it's necessarily "better." Using an IP address means you have to
update the SPF record if a site moves to a different IP.

-----
SPF FAQ: http://www.openspf.org/FAQ
Common mistakes: http://www.openspf.org/FAQ/Common_mistakes

- Steve Yates
- ITS, Inc.
- "Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink." --Lady Astor to
Winston Churchill ; "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it." --His
reply

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rob.macgregor at gmail

Jun 20, 2008, 9:29 AM

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Re: No SPF record found? [In reply to]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 16:22, Timothy DeHan <timothy[at]tdehan.com> wrote:
>
> The question was, is the SPF record I have for each domain the best way I
> could have it? Or, is there something more efficient?

Steve already answered that, and has posted the details of the FAQ
(which includes details of the record format):

} Using
} an IP address in each SPF record saves others a lookup of the A record,
} but that doesn't mean it's necessarily "better." Using an IP address
} means you have to update the SPF record if a site moves to a different
} IP.

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