<div dir="ltr">Hi All. Hopefully my terminology is correct and I make sense.<div><br></div><div>We have a main domain "<a href="http://something.com.au">something.com.au</a>" with a few sub-domains, "this", "that", etc.</div><div><br></div><div>For all of our 'A' records in <a href="http://something.com.au">something.com.au</a>, we have specified TXT records for SPF, however our sub-domains contain CNAMEs only.</div><div><br></div><div>It appears TXT and CNAME records for the same string/host cannot co-exist. We are able to specify an SPF record for the origin only in each sub-domain.</div><div><br></div><div>Open to any suggestions on how to get around this issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance.</div><div><br></div><div>$TTL 3600<br>@                       IN      SOA  <a href="http://something.com.au">something.com.au</a>. <a href="http://bofh.something.com.au">bofh.something.com.au</a>. (<br>                                        2022112901 ; serial<br>                                        10800      ; refresh (3 hours)<br>                                        3600       ; retry (1 hour)<br>                                        604800     ; expire (1 week)<br>                                        3600       ; minimum (1 hour)<br>                                        )<br>                                NS      <a href="http://ns1.something.com.au">ns1.something.com.au</a>.<br>                          NS      <a href="http://ns2.something.com.au">ns2.something.com.au</a>.<br>                          MX      10 <a href="http://mail.something.com.au">mail.something.com.au</a>.<br><br>; A Records<br><br>localhost                A       127.0.0.1<br>www                              A       1.2.3.4<br>@                   IN      A       1.2.3.4<br><br>; SPF records<br><br>; working without a problem.<br>www                           TXT     "v=spf1 -all"<br><br>$ORIGIN <a href="http://this.something.com.au">this.something.com.au</a>.<br>$TTL 3600                      ; 1 hour<br>www                         CNAME   <a href="http://stuff.somewhereelse.com.au">stuff.somewhereelse.com.au</a>.<br>@                        CNAME   <a href="http://stuff.somewhereelse.com.au">stuff.somewhereelse.com.au</a>.<br><br>; SPF records<br><br>; BIND considers this an invalid statement - no corresponding 'A' record - conflict with CNAME?<br>www                           TXT     "v=spf1 -all"<br>; working without a problem.<br>@                       TXT     "v=spf1 -all"<br><br>$ORIGIN <a href="http://that.something.com.au">that.something.com.au</a>.<br>$TTL 3600                          ; 1 hour<br>www                         CNAME   <a href="http://stuff.overthere.com.au">stuff.overthere.com.au</a>.<br>@                        CNAME   <a href="http://stuff.overthere.com.au">stuff.overthere.com.au</a>.<br><br>; SPF records<br><br>; BIND considers this an invalid statement - no corresponding 'A' record - conflict with CNAME?<br>www                           TXT     "v=spf1 -all"<br>; working without a problem.<br>@                       TXT     "v=spf1 -all"<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Chris.</div><div><div><span style="font-family:Vollkorn,"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans",sans-serif;font-size:20px;font-style:italic"><pre style="line-height:12px;font-family:"Droid Sans Mono","Lucida Console","Andale Mono","Courier New",Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"> 
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