On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:15 PM, David W. McSpadden <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need the following added  then?
...
> spf record  v=spf1 ip4:206.18.123.221 include:fusemail.net
> include:mailanyone.net ~all

  If mail coming from the systems you operate (IronPort) will always
originate from IP address 206.18.123.221, that would be correct.  If
you have other hosts that might be sending mail directly, add them,
too.  (An Exchange server, for example.  Maybe your IronPort goes
down, so you reconfigure Exchange to send direct.)

> A record    mail.imcu.com 206.18.123.221
>
> ptr record  221.123.18.206-in-addr-arpa mail.imcu.com

  That looks good.  Now, SPF doesn't look at A and PTR records unless
you tell it to, so they're not directly relevant for the immediate
problem.  However, it's considered a best practice to have A and PTR
records for mail systems, and some spam systems take that into
account, so it's a good idea to have them.

-- Ben

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