On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:26:29 -0500, Sam Varshavchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lloyd Zusman writes:
>>
>> [ ... ]
>> 
>> OK.  So then how can we explain the difference in behavior between
>> messages going to recipient 1 and recipient 2, as described above?
>> 
>> [ ... ]
>
> If you have =all set for all three SPF settings, the message should NOT 
> bounce with an SPF error for any reason.  Setting aside that issue for the 
> moment, if you do not have a localmailfilter installed in a particular 
> account, that account is treated as if it has a localmailfilter that 
> whitelists all mail addressed to it.
> 
> So at least the second part of your scenario makes sense -- mail gets 
> whitelisted, gets past that stage, and gets handed off to courierfilter as 
> the next step.
> 
> So the only question here is why you apparently get a 417/517 SPF error, if 
> you supposedly set all three SPF checks to =all, that should not happen 
> under any circumstances.
> 
> I cannot reproduce this.  With my own server, and default SPF settings, I 
> get the same SPF error that you do, with that domain with broken SPF 
> records.  If I set the SPF checks to =all, the error goes away.
> 
> The only possibibility I can think of -- and this is not documented -- is if 
> you also set the BOFHSPF variables in the smtpaccess file for certain IP 
> address ranges only.  The settings in the smtpaccess file take precedence 
> over the bofh file for mail originating from the corresponding IP address 
> ranges only.

Thanks.  Well, I have no BOFHSPF* variables in the smtpaccess file.

I'll keep investigating this mystery, and once I have more info,
I'll post my findings.


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 God bless you.

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