<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.openspf.org/">http://www.openspf.org/</a> is pretty good.</span><br>Not only does it build the file for you, but it can test your live record.<br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Security Admin (NetSec) <secadmin@netsecdesign.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "bind-users@lists.isc.org" <bind-users@lists.isc.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, March 24, 2010 4:26:46 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: what is a SPF (type 99)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Correction. I found many
sites which discuss what it is, but none that explicitly tell me how to
implement in my hosts file.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">If the below implementation is
correct, let me know.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks again in advance!!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Edward Ray</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";"> Baird, Josh
[mailto:jbaird@follett.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Security Admin (NetSec); bind-users@lists.isc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: what is a SPF (type 99) record and who do I implement?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You struggled to find anything
about SPF?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch9/spf.html">http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch9/spf.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Josh</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">
bind-users-bounces+jbaird=follett.com@lists.isc.org
[mailto:bind-users-bounces+jbaird=follett.com@lists.isc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Security
Admin (NetSec)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bind-users@lists.isc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> what is a SPF (type 99) record and who do I implement?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Struggled to find anything explicit on this subject via
google to no avail. Best Explanation I could find was <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.enyo.de/fw/software/exim/spf-update.html#6">http://www.enyo.de/fw/software/exim/spf-update.html#6</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Currently hosts file looks like:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Mydomain.com
172800 IN TXT "v=spf1 mx -all"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Mydomain.com
172800 IN SPF "v=spf1 mx -all"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Mydomain.com
172800 IN MX 10 Mail.Mydomain.com </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Mail.Mydomain.com
172800 IN A vvv.xxx.yyy.zzz</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is this correct? FYI not using DNSSEC</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!</p>
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