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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Question:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>When one sets SPF/TXT record is it for the relay server/IP that sent the email to the internet or the originating one?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For example we have a server (atuprd01.water.com) that can not be reached via the internet. Email originating there is relayed through our MS-Exchange server (if sent with domain water.com) or a Linux Sendmail server (if sent with domain waterinvoice.com). All email sent via exchange goes out an IP separate from incoming mail (MX) IP. All email sent via Sendmail has a separate IP from incoming mail (MX) IP. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Should the SPF specify the outbound IP (e.g. 12.44.84.204 for atlsnml2.waterinvoice.com) for the Sendmail server email or the IP/name for atuprd01.water.com? <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Source/Headers for a test message shown below in case it helps:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>X-Eon-Dm: dm0208<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Return-Path: <jllightner@waterinvoice.com><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Received: from atlsnml2.waterinvoice.com (12.44.84.204 [12.44.84.204])<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> by dm0208.mta.everyone.net (EON-INBOUND) with ESMTP id dm0208.4a317b14.3b9c1f3<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> for <<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">jclightner@copper.net</st1:PersonName>>; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:24:11 -0700<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Received: from atuprd01.water.com (atuprd01.water.com [10.0.8.120])<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> by atlsnml2.waterinvoice.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n5HEUGY2009868<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> for <<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">jclightner@copper.net</st1:PersonName>>; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:30:16 -0400<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Received: (from jlightne@localhost)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> by atuprd01.water.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_35484)/8.9.3) id KAA21720<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> for <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">jclightner@copper.net</st1:PersonName>; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:30:13 -0400 (EDT)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:30:13 -0400 (EDT)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: jllightner@waterinvoice.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Message-Id: <200906171430.KAA21720@atuprd01.water.com><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>X-Authentication-Warning: atuprd01.water.com: jlightne set sender to jllightner@waterinvoice.com using -r<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">jclightner@copper.net</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: Test from atuprd01<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mime-Version: 1.0<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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