No, if all your users use SMTP AUTH to send their email through YOUR mail server, then YOUR mail server will be sending the email to anyone outside your company - which will satisfy the SPF record.
Third parties don't care where the email originally came fome - only which mail server was used to deliver it to that third party. You implement authenticated SMTP by specifying it in your Email software (e.g., Outlook Express, Outlook, Eudora, Netscape - take your pick). Look for something like "Outgoing Mail Server Requires Authentication"). Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax: +1 201 934-9206 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Harvy Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 11:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] SPF Fail & Remote EMail clients. Importance: High > > If you implement SMTP AUTH How do you do that (or confirm you have)? and white list anyone who is using an > authenticated connection, then this will override the SPF FAIL - thus > leaving only those to truly fail who are not using authenticated SMTP. > Whitelisting surely will only affect Declude Junkmail. If another mail server uses SPF then they will receive the FAIL instead of UNKNOWN and legitimate mail will not be delivered. > Best Regards > Andy Schmidt > > Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) > Fax: +1 201 934-9206 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Harvy > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 08:27 PM > To: Declude Junkmail > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] SPF Fail & Remote EMail clients. > Importance: High > > > Hi, > > First of all - Merry Xmas :-) > > This is slightly off topic however I thought I would raise it here as > it affects the actions to be taken when the SPF Fails. > > I have been using SPF for a few days now and have already detected my > own email address being used "illegally" as well as several of my > users. I set the tests to unknown (?all) so there is no problems yet. > > I can't (nor wish) to stop my users accessing my email servers from > other than my IP addresses but I can't see how I can allow this and at > the same time fully implement the usefulness of SPF. > > Has this issue been (or being) addressed? The spf website refers to > SSAL and POP-before-SMTP but this doesn't help with IMail and more > specifically Declude Junkmail as far as I can see. > > > > _____________________________________ > Glen Harvy > Aquarius Communications > for all your Internet Needs. > Phone 9977 3788 Fax 9977 3844 > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type > "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
