Thanks for the input and advice, Jenny... I'm trying to get all this sorted out, but unfortunately, it seems I'm only able to take baby steps at any one time.
One thing I can't sort out is where the SPF and reverse-DNS stuff should go...my ISP, whose domain is tagged onto the end of my static IP according to records, or GoDaddy.com where I manually handle my DNS, MX, TXT, and SPF records or on my own server, which I don't use to handle any of this...it pretty confusing. I guess it would be GoDaddy, since through their interface I can setup DSN, MX, TXT, and SPF records... I think I need to hire the head IT guy I spoke with a while back over at an International company and just get him to look at my exact situation and tell me how to handle it... Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Jennifer Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: How to send email using CF for clients without an open > relay... > > > Hi Rick, > > This would mean the mails will be originating from a server that isn't > included in the domain spf records and it will get scored as spam by the > receiving server. Naturally, the reverse dns for the domain > won't match up > to the sending server and you will find mail is rejected by some servers. > Keep an eye on your bounces and run lots of tests to various > domains to see > your emails are getting out. > > As mentioned before, we send out some 8000 emails a week to our > dating site > members and I'm all too aware of the problems spf and reverse dns cause - > although I have to say I'm totally in favour of it as it's anto spam. It > just makes it very hard sometimes when we are trying to run on a shoe > string. > > Best of luck, > > Jenny > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 January 2006 20:43 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: How to send email using CF for clients without an open > relay... > > > Hi, Jenny... > > I found a solution by using ArgoSoft's Email Server Plus, > which works with multiple domains. I just had to enter > the domains for which I would relay mail and that solved > the problem. > > It would have been a lot of trouble to ask the admins of the > servers to setup authentication...just easier if I could handle > it in-house. > > Also, some of my client's don't have mail servers, so I would > have to have a solution for them, as well....and this works for everyone. > > I appreciate your help...so far things are looking good, except for > the stragne occurence of getting an email in my inbox that my wife > sent to someone else through the mail server. I'm getting some > repetitious emails when I do a group mailing through Outlook, too. > > Not big problems, but I hope get *everything* running smoothly > so I can turn my attention back to the websites that need building! > > Thanks, again... > > Rick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jennifer Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:59 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: How to send email using CF for clients without an open > > relay... > > > > > > Hi Rick, > > > > That's not what I suggested, I said that's one way to do it and it's > > definitely not recommended. > > > > If you ask your client to set up authenticated access to their > server that > > is not open relay and it will fix your problem. > > > > The cfmail tag allows you to specify the server and user/password for > > authentication. > > > > Hope that helps, > > > > Jenny > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 04 January 2006 20:30 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: How to send email using CF for clients without an open relay... > > > > > > Hi, guys and gals.... > > > > I'm running into issues trying to send email generated > > by CF through my mail server, SmarterMail (Free Edition). > > > > It's working fine, except that to send email from my clients' > > domains, I've had to setup everything so that I'm an open relay. > > > > This is getting me blacklisted... > > > > It's been suggested that the only thing I can do is > > setup an SPF and get the IP and domain for every client I have and > > put it in the SPF. > > > > Is this the best way to handle this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228602 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
