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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Dear all,</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">I received the following question and I</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"> am not able to aswer as spf records are still mysterious to me.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">We are using BIND 9.7.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Thanks in advance for your answers,</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Hugo,</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Does our DNS-server support SPF-type records? Or do we put SPF-info in a TXT-record?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Ref. : <BR></SPAN></U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB" lang=EN>Early implementations used <A title="TXT record" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TXT_record"><FONT color=#0000ff>TXT records</FONT></A> for implementation before the new record type was commonly available in DNS software. Use of TXT records for SPF was intended as a transitional mechanism. However, according to the current RFC, <A href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4408"><FONT color=#0000ff>RFC 4408</FONT></A>, section 3.1.1, "An SPF-compliant domain name SHOULD have SPF records of both RR types. A compliant domain name MUST have a record of at least one type," and as such, TXT record use is not deprecated.<SUP><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework#cite_note-2"><FONT color=#0000ff>[2]</FONT></A></SUP><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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