Using ~all means that even if its a failure, to allow the mail through anyway. -all means that if its a failure to reject the message. Choose wisely. If you want to be secure, use -all. If you arent going to, dont bother using SPF.
-- ME2 On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:25 AM, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok thanks. Is v=spf1 mx ~all the correct syntax to use? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 7:26 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Network Solutions SPF record help > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are you suppose to enter your mx alias in the Host? Or is the first > > row a wildcard for the entire domain and I just need to enter v=spf1 > > mx ~all > > I don't use Net Sol anymore (thank $DEITY), but I can make some educated > guesses: > > By "host" they really mean "subdomain". The rest is just like > RFC-1035 zone file syntax. So "* (All Others)" is a wildcard record. > It would match any request for a subdomain which does not have any other > records. "@ (None)" refers to the origin domain, <mortonwelding.com.> > with no subdomain. > > SPF is generally configured for the 2LD (second level domain, i.e., < > mortonwelding.com.>), so you would want to enter your SPF information in > the "@ (None)" line. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < > http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
