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From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT SPF and Windows 2000 DNS


>
> >I've added the entry
> >v=spf1 -all
> >
> >to a zone file for iii.slcl.org (wild card domain).  When I run the SPF
> >tester at
>
>http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&ip=199.181.17
8.21
> >
> >I get the following results.   What am I doing wrong?  The part that is
> >really confusing me is that I see n1-""v=spf1 -all"", but I've entered
> >v=spf1 -all
>
> You can better see the issue with
> http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=iii.slcl.org&type=TXT -- 
> iii.slcl.org has 1 TXT record, but it consists of 2 parts -- "v=spf1" and
> "-all".  For some reason, your DNS server is using an obscure technique to
> split a single TXT record into several strings.  As a result, it will
> probably not be properly processed.

I just followed your link, Scott, and it looks like I got a valid response:
How I am searching:
Searching for TXT record for iii.slcl.org at f.root-servers.net:  Got
referral to TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET. [took 70 ms]
Searching for TXT record for iii.slcl.org at TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET.:  Got
referral to showme.slcl.org. [took 51 ms]
Searching for TXT record for iii.slcl.org at showme.slcl.org.:  Reports
"v=spf1 -all" [took 561 ms]

Answer:

Domain Type Class TTL Answer iii.slcl.org. TXT IN 3600 "v=spf1 -all" Isn't
this a valid response?  Maybe the txt extry got fixed?Bill

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